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Metin Seven 🎨

Did you know you can easily search through your own Mastodon posts?

Just include from:me in the search field.

Instead of this, you can include in:library to show posts you have interacted with or written yourself.

If you want to search through posts of a specific user, include from:username (the full username, including the instance)

If it doesn't work, have a look at this:
graphics.social/@metin/1118214

#mastodon #MastoTips #FediTips #tip #tips #information #knowledge #fediverse

22 January at 10:13 | Open on graphics.social
72 comments
Edelruth In The Wrong Timeline

@metin

This is great info: thank you. I played with it. It works!

22 January at 10:46 | Open on mastodon.online
Kay :heart_bi:

@metin This doesn't seem to work on my instance but maybe I have spaces in the wrong place?

And when you say from:me is that literally the phrasing or should I replace the me with my Mastodon name?

22 January at 10:50 | Open on mastodon.nz
Metin Seven 🎨

@Kay It's simply from:me , and there shouldn't be a space in the mentioned operators or usernames.

Here's a page where you can read more info:

fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-

22 January at 10:55 | Open on graphics.social
Adam Hartzell

@metin Yeah @Kay this doesn't work for all of us in all instances. It all fails for me in mine too & my instance's admins said they're looking into why it doesn't work for me in mine

22 January at 11:55 | Open on mstdn.plus
val
Kay :heart_bi:

@val Who do you mean by "They"? The volunteer admins who run each individual instance?

I'm happy not to have too many fancy extras on Mastodon even if I'd like to be better able to search my own posts. I don't want Mastodon to turn into Twitter.

22 January at 22:20 | Open on mastodon.nz
Kay :heart_bi:

@metin Thanks for the page link.

It says no spaces so would that mean
from:meSearchTerm? It seems more intuitive to put
from:me SearchTerm but that may be wrong.

Actual examples on layout help.

FWIW I'm old enough to have learnt coding by punching holes in cards. One space wrong and a programme wouldn't run.

22 January at 22:16 | Open on mastodon.nz
Gorobar

@metin 😯
Something I've been looking for for a long time

22 January at 11:56 | Open on rollenspiel.social
Julia, delightful person

@metin Looks like it depends on which instance you are. I can't do it.

22 January at 12:03 | Open on magnificentbeardsfan.club
Leigh Silvester

@metin just tried it in app and web UI.

Didn't work on mastodonapp.uk

Does work on newsie.social

22 January at 12:27 | Open on mastodonapp.uk
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@metin
I tried several variations using this info but it doesn’t work for me.

22 January at 12:30 | Open on sfba.social
Metin Seven 🎨

@Peace_out_art It works fine here. It might be dependent on your Mastodon instance. Maybe some still run an old version of the Mastodon server software. Did you try it in the Web UI? It might also not work in some mobile Mastodon clients.

22 January at 12:33 | Open on graphics.social
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@metin
I tried again typing it exactly this way and it did come up with some results.
Thanks!

from:peace_out_art crochet

22 January at 12:36 | Open on sfba.social
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@metin
I do use the web UI
Maybe that makes a difference too.

22 January at 12:38 | Open on sfba.social
isabel :sge: :transper:

@metin @Peace_out_art this has nothing to do with the mastodon version but rather whether the instance has elasticsearch running or not. implementing elasticsearch is not trivial and usually comes with extra cost to instance owners, so not everyone has it or will have it.

22 January at 14:57 | Open on fruef.social
Marcin Juszkiewicz

@metin sometimes I wonder does Mastodon has search at all.

Tried to search for "6502" and did not got even my recent post.

22 January at 12:35 | Open on society.oftrolls.com
Metin Seven 🎨

@hrw Searching for "6502" should result in having a brand new Commodore 64 sent to you. I'll suggest that to the Mastodon developers. 😃

22 January at 12:41 | Open on graphics.social
Marcin Juszkiewicz

@metin they can already put it into nearest e-waste trashcan.

22 January at 12:53 | Open on society.oftrolls.com
Cali Spera

@metin

Jeez this is marvelous !

I've been mumbling about thus si much !!

22 January at 12:38 | Open on babka.social
Fish Id Wardrobe

@metin Really useful, thank you!

'from:me' works for me on mastodon.me.uk and on social.tchncs.de

22 January at 12:40 | Open on mastodon.me.uk
Mike Berg

@metin thank you! Do you know if there’s a way to search through only posts that you’ve liked?

22 January at 12:50 | Open on tabletop.vip
Metin Seven 🎨
Mike Berg

@metin Thank you! I scrolled down and found that in your replies immediately after posting... 😅 Looks like there's no way to search your favourites.

22 January at 13:41 | Open on tabletop.vip
Deborah League

@metin Thank you, good info to have!

22 January at 12:55 | Open on socel.net
young man yells at the cloud

@metin Can I search posts I've favorited?

22 January at 13:07 | Open on mastodon.social
Metin Seven 🎨

@bamboombibbitybop I don't know that, sorry. I do know you can view your favorites as a list by entering your Mastodon instance URL followed by /favorites

22 January at 15:08 | Open on graphics.social
Carnivius

@metin Didn't know that. Just tried it and works great here. Thanks! :)

22 January at 13:15 | Open on masto.ai
Lisa Hamilton

@metin Thanks this is helpful!

It works on vmst.io when searching that instance and across to another instance using the full username. Though I suspect some instances won't allow searching

22 January at 13:16 | Open on vmst.io
Zanzi @ Monoidal Cafe

@metin doesn't work. though should have been expected, "Easily" and "Mastodon" never really go together do they

22 January at 13:21 | Open on mathstodon.xyz
Metin Seven 🎨

@zanzi 🙂 Check the thread. It depends on a few factors.

22 January at 15:05 | Open on graphics.social
Florida atheist:

@metin welp/ that gets a follow ~ gracias

22 January at 13:40 | Open on mastodon.online
Max Leibman

@metin Nice! Thanks for that. I do this all the time, but I’ve been using “from:@[username].” You’ve just saved me a bunch of typing every day!

22 January at 14:05 | Open on mastodon.social
hexaheximal
Steve Hersey

@metin
Except that searching for posts Just. Does. Not. Work. on my Web client. Usernames, sure. Content, bupkis.

22 January at 14:31 | Open on tilde.zone
Avi Rappoport (avirr)

@n1xnx @metin Depends. On. The. Server.

The admin has to enable it.

22 January at 17:44 | Open on sfba.social
Steve Hersey

@avirr @metin
And unless I stand up my own server, I have next to no chance of that happening.

22 January at 17:51 | Open on tilde.zone
smeg

@metin doesn't full text search need to be enabled server side? I found Elasticsearch was extremely resource intense and not especially effective

22 January at 14:41 | Open on assortedflotsam.com
Metin Seven 🎨

@smeg Don't know the specifics, sorry. I only read it in this page when looking if it's possible:

fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-

22 January at 15:03 | Open on graphics.social
Chirayu :verified: :twit:

@metin thanks! This will come in handy

22 January at 14:48 | Open on twit.social
Us©hi in Aachen
Fanfalla :fennec_fox:

@metin I appreciate this #FediTip Like, I knew I could search through my own posts, but I couldn't figure out how. Lol

22 January at 15:50 | Open on meow.social
Oregon Wine Woman

@metin Now, if only I can remember this when I need it.

22 January at 16:00 | Open on sfba.social
DoomsdaysCW
GertrudeZane for #HarrisWalz

@metin Thank you! Very helpful.

22 January at 16:06 | Open on c.im
Gorgeous na Shock!

@metin Oh this is neat. I got frustrated enough with search I started using hashtags to organize posts I thought I'd want to find later lolol #IndiPTips

22 January at 16:08 | Open on mastodon.social
🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼

@metin
Can you also do a search for a post that was in an interaction between you and a specific person?

22 January at 16:13 | Open on mastodon.nl
Metin Seven 🎨
🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼

@metin
Not in this post but thanks!
I tried adding both from:me and from:@user@server but this doesn't give me anything even though I know it's something I could find 🤔 No results besides a 'Error 500' once (so special, right? 😀)

22 January at 19:10 | Open on mastodon.nl
Delta Wye

@metin I tried to figure this out as best I can and made a small guide, including common ways to mess up the formatting. Could be useful.

mstdn.social/@DeltaWye/1112809

22 January at 16:22 | Open on mstdn.social
the happy leftist

@metin I can only search user names and hashtags. I guess my instance doesn't allow full search.

22 January at 16:30 | Open on kolektiva.social
C Silva
Metin Seven 🎨

Following my Mastodon (self-)search tip, Mastodon user @DeltaWye has posted some details that might come in handy:

mstdn.social/@DeltaWye/1112809

22 January at 17:00 | Open on graphics.social
Alexander Trivia Dragonson

@metin does this work if your posts are unlisted/otherwise excluded from full text search?

22 January at 17:06 | Open on wandering.shop
Metin Seven 🎨

@WizardOfDocs Good question. Maybe posts don't need to be set to searchable if you're searching in your own posts? 🤷‍♂️ I've got searchability activated.

22 January at 18:01 | Open on graphics.social
Avi Rappoport (avirr)

@metin Works on sfba.social along with the rest of the full text search I forgot all about, so extra thanks!

22 January at 17:48 | Open on sfba.social
Raphael Fetzer :kirby:

@metin It is worth mentioning that the search string is case sensitive, so “From:me” isn’t working, but lowercase is. So it could be that autocorrect is not your friend in this case.

This could be a nice feature in the @IceCubesApp user interface.

22 January at 17:53 | Open on mastodon.social
Jenny

@metin @JasonPerseus Holy smokes, this is great! Thank you for sharing!

22 January at 18:23 | Open on mastodon.online
Jenny
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Stéphane Bortzmeyer

@metin It apparently depends on some option on the instance (on mine, it tells me it is not available).

22 January at 19:51 | Open on mastodon.gougere.fr
Metin Seven 🎨

@bortzmeyer Have a look at the discussion, you might find more info.

22 January at 19:52 | Open on graphics.social
Serhii

@metin Perhaps, you know how to search for combined hashtags? e.g. if I wanna find posts containing both # Linux and # MusicProduction?

22 January at 20:01 | Open on tilde.zone
Metin Seven 🎨
Serhii

@metin Thanks! I somehow missed the news about full-text search, I suppose that somewhat resolves my problem :)

Just tested searching for two hashtags, it still doesn't work as intended, but at least gives some results back.

22 January at 20:12 | Open on tilde.zone
keschi / cache :blobCat_in_box:

@metin note that this only applies to instances with full-text search enabled. Especially low-resource ones will not enable this.

22 January at 20:02 | Open on catcatnya.com
Vee
BlueDot🇺🇦

@metin

Doesn't work for me in the web interface. Is this something that's implemented in one of the apps? or a new version of Mastodon?

22 January at 20:19 | Open on left-tusk.com
Metin Seven 🎨

@BlueDot Have a look at the thread / discussion that followed the post. There are a few factors.

22 January at 21:40 | Open on graphics.social
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