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The latest version of Mastodon (4.2.0) brings full text search, so you can search by words instead of hashtags.

However, for privacy reasons this only includes posts by people who have actively opted into full text search.

If your server is updated to 4.2.0 and you want to opt into full text search:

1. Log into your server's website
2. Click your profile icon
3. Click "Edit Profile"
4. Click tab "Privacy & Reach"
5. Tick box "Include Public Posts In Search results"
6. Click "Save Changes"

SteamPumkin

@feditips thanks for the update. Does that mean when an individual user opts-in or when the instance their account is hosted on opts-in?

ReverendRef

@feditips You lost me at, “Log into your server’s website.”
I’m lucky I found Mastadon at all.
#Ludite #SpeakSlowly

@feditips I just wonder why isn't it enabled by default? You said for "privacy reasons" but public posts are already well... public, right? Maybe I'm missing something I dont understands? 🤔

Bruce Mirken

@feditips Since the update, some things don't seem to work as well. If I wanted to tag someone I follow or that follows me in a post, typing just the beginning of their handle would bring up their full name. Now it doesn't.

Urda

@feditips I've been looking forward to this update, enabled!

civfanatics

@feditips thanks, done :).

tzenes

@feditips is it this setting?

farcaller

@feditips didn't mastodon do it already? I'm pretty sure ES does full-text search.

beSpacific

@jeff via @psuPete - @feditips

Rokosun

@feditips

Before when I used to use the search functionality in Mastodon it used to show me results from posts I've already interacted with before (boosts, favorites, replies, etc). But now it seems like I'm not able to do that anymore 😢 Is this how it's gonna be from now on? Or will there be an option to search for those previously interacted posts? For me that feature was extremely useful for finding posts I've seen before.

Domesticated Pagan

@feditips and if I don’t see/find anything other than “edit profile”? There are no other tabs… Near #Ludite too 😁

jfml

@feditips Do you know if this includes boosts (that would be terrible) or only posts (and replies?) I made?

Kevin Karhan

@feditips which makes it necessary to still use #hashtags, thus it's a non-feature...

Lavendel

well i guess then i have to make the joke:

it‘s 420 guys! :)

Jan K.

@feditips Our admins on .art have disabled the search feature by default. Maybe add the note to check in the instances' patchnotes, if these steps are necessary on your instance :)