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@kissane As a relatively new user, I would definitely say the search/discoverability issue is preventing me from becoming attached to Mastodon. I think users can live without the algorithms, but it's tough to live without robust indexing. Also, this is the only place on the internet where people can debate an issue, and the 2 parties debating have different character limits. That just chafes at your egalitarian instincts. 3 comments
@LukeBrowell @kissane Hashtags work for people that are shopping - they don't work for people that want to find a specific person/post and want the search bar to find the needle in a haystack. The expectation is that absolutely everything will be indexed and search will not just find "stuff," but exactly what you're looking for, with a high probability. Mastodon is saying "look, there are tradeoffs if we do that." And there are - but people still expect it, because it works everywhere else. |
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@dpom @kissane search needs improvement. The tip of using hashtags to find interesting people to follow is a pretty major multi-tap way of working.