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 @Natanox @jonny Built-in #Mastodon #search is intra-site ("local"), #TootFinder is inter-site ("global", kind of like #Google for the #Fediverse , not just for your instance). I.e., you don't need to remeber the user/instance where you read the post from… 12 comments
@marcel @Natanox @jonny @buercher this is old documentation from before 4.2.0. With the latest Mastodon releases, instances can work a proper full text search if they install a search engine such as ElasticSearch. They should probably update that. Edit: Please see https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.2.0  @marcel @mattswift @Natanox @jonny @buercher No idea what the "docs-p" subdomain is, but the up-to-date docs do not say that: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/elasticsearch/ @mattswift @HeNeArXn @Natanox @jonny @buercher docs-p was ranked higher in my search results than docs 🤷. Going with the current docs and the "public statuses from account that opted into appearing in search results" bullet point: Is this for all accounts, or just local accounts? If the former: How is the "search opt-in" flag communicated to other instances? As part of the profile information? @marcel @mattswift @HeNeArXn @Natanox @jonny Do you have the flag in your instance? I cannot check for me because my instance is still 4.1, but I expect the property to be exposed on the API via the profile.  @marcel @mattswift It applies to any account (local or remote), and yes, it's part of the profile. Also, profiles that have opted-in to search are polled more frequently for updates, in case the user has opted back out of search (indicating the remote server should remove that account from its search index)  @marcel the current full-text search adds anyone to your index. If your instance knows of a person, and that person is opted in, it'll index. No matter whether they're local or not. @marcel @mattswift @Natanox @jonny Tootfinder indexes all original public posts from whoever opted in. No replies however. As for the search syntax, I do not know what Mastodon uses. Tootfinder is limited to 90 days. I don't know how long Mastodon goes back and how the instances will cope with the volume.  @mattswift @Natanox @buercher @marcel @jonny Mastodon search syntax has + (require, AND), - (exclude, NOT) and “” (exact match with quotes) This is kinda hard to find, it’s at https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/10/mastodon-3.0-in-depth/ |
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@marcel @Natanox @jonny Assuming you read it while browsing Mastodon, you don't need to remember it using the built-in search either. As long as your post reaches the other instance (which it will on any moderately sized one), it can be found through anyone searching it.
It's true that you won't reach the small instances most likely however, but I suspect people on small instances know how to find things they want.