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 @mattswift @Natanox @jonny So, it's not everything I read, I need to have interacted with it (or vice versa). But indeed, a lot is now covered with the built-in search (which wasn't the case when #Tootfinder started). Maybe @buercher can explain more differences? 10 comments
 @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 @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