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Mastodon's Next Major Release Enables Full-Text Search (wedistribute.org)

submitted 1 year ago by deadsuperhero@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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One of the biggest criticisms of Mastodon's technical capabilities involves how limited its search system is. With a new update, everything has changed.

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[–] fazalmajid@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’m not sure how valid that criticism is. Reddit’s search is abysmal as well, doesn’t seem to have hurt them.

[–] deadsuperhero@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

@fazalmajid Maybe so, but Mastodon historically has only allowed users to look up other users, search hashtag indexes, and depending on the server, search your own posts. A lot of this was done under the pretense of protecting users from harassment, but it's a bandaid covering over insufficient tooling for post-based interaction capabilities.

Anyway, the bigger problem is that it's harder to find stuff in federated systems, which can be a big headache for getting new people into the Fediverse. Search isn't a silver bullet, but it goes a long ways towards making discovery easier.