@atomicpoet @thedextriarchy @fediversenews I don't like the look either but the main reason I used them inline is that my server has a 500 character limit, and often I cant waste it. Another idea would be if Mastodon hides the hash symbol and instead renders some subtle text effect to denote hash tags, so it looks less ugly.

Separately, full search would be cool. Not sure why anti-search, given other fedi apps have it. I thought maybe performance or index storage issues, or fear of scraping.