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Is there something about Mastodon and the Fediverse that you need help with?
Reply to me or send me a DM and I'll try to help if I can, or put you in touch with someone else who can help.
Don't worry if a question seems silly or obvious! The idea of this account is to especially help new people.
@feditips @Kaliah That's not the answer I was looking for. I am asking about if I have stuck a community in my communities tab, how can I search or find each person that is included in that instance. There is a group that I would like to follow but they do not remember their name on the instance But they have never posted so I cannot find them from previous posts.
There is no searchable directory of everyone on a server, for privacy and safety reasons.
However, you can search for people across the Fediverse including on a particular server by going to the server's website and typing keywords in the search box there. You don't need to be a member or logged in.
There's also profile directories which let you browse members of a server who have chosen to appear in the directory.
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To see the profile directory, go to the server's website and click on the "profiles directory" link at the bottom of the screen (on the mobile website you may need to click ⋯ and then go to the bottom of the screen to see the link).
Once the directory is open, click on the "From... ...only" option at the top of the screen.
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