Gregory's ServerMASTODON TIP OF THE DAY: This seems to be as good a time as any to remind you that you can use "in:library" with search terms in your Mastodon search (at least, with the advanced web interface), to search for text in the Mastodon posts you have made in the past. Please see the attached image for an example:
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 @SnoopJ I can confirm. For one of my seminars I was trying to collect search techniques for Mastodon and beyond but didn't end up with anything satisfying. I was considering letting my students create something. Maybe next time. @psy @ryanschultz @nullagent  @ryanschultz How about "in:my posts" or something more user friendly than the jargon word "Library"?   @cdevroe @edwiebe @ryanschultz Yes, from:me does what the original post is about, in:library is a bit more than that. @Gargron oh, interesting. Might be nice to add more detail about all search operators here: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/network/#search (Unless there is a document already and I cannot find it.)  @Gargron @edwiebe @ryanschultz It has more common and general everyday meanings outside of the context of Mastodon? Timeline, post history, seem more straight forward. No one refers to their wallet, their notebook, their in Box their out box, their posts their diary, etc… as ‘My Library’ @Gargron @edwiebe @ryanschultz As a Mastodon thing? No interest in Mastodon as an RSS reader / podcast player either. I have a library of books, and DVD, and other media as well. And the public library is a couple of miles away. I have no need or ambition for Mastodon becoming any of those.  THANK YOU! I've been on Mastodon for a long time now, and never knew that trick. To think of all the time I've wasted looking through my old feed and googling my own toots, when I could easily have been using this method! SAME. I've pulled out lustrous curls trying to find my brilliant toots from the past. Dangit.    @ryanschultz so needed this last week! Thanks for the reminder, tested it, will use it when I get back to that research project :)  |
@ryanschultz @nullagent clarification: the `in:library` rune also includes posts you've interacted with that weren't posted by you.
I often use `from:me` when I specifically want posts that *I* made.