Sean Murthy<p>In Mastodon, is it possible to search for posts that do *not* contain a specific hashtag? I don't mean full-text search, but plain old hashtag search only for absence of hashtag instead of presence. 🤔</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/askMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>askMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a></p>
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Petra van Cronenburg<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a> seems a little drunk today ...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClarkAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarkAdams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a></p>
Stefan Ihringer<p>If you want to search for a reply you made to somebody you can't just search for part of their name/handle. You need to include the @ and the full handle (but you don't need the server part). The handle in the following example is weird by design to make sure I'm not tagging an account that actually exists:</p><p>@someHandle123 from:me is:reply</p><p><a href="https://mograph.social/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/MastodonTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonTips</span></a></p>
100%/0% TAX ✅ ✅<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://elbmatsch.de/@DerSchulze" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DerSchulze</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Korallenherz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Korallenherz</span></a></span> </p><p>Well, I'm assuming you mean putting</p><p>> "Koralle"</p><p>in the search field instead of putting</p><p>> Koralle</p><p>there. Removing the quotation marks will probably make it more general.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SearchTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SearchTips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastodonSearchTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearchTips</span></a></p>
Deborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦<p>Wow. <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> search really isn't working for me. 🙁</p><p>I know there are toots for these, because I tooted them:</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/whatToRead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whatToRead</span></a></p><p>Miéville</p><p>And just today there are a number of toots with this name, but mastodon search finds … none:</p><p>Cherryh</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/mastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodonSearch</span></a></p>
Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@OlivierGuinart" class="u-url mention">@<span>OlivierGuinart</span></a></span> Update: I forgot that there is a search function now that actually works pretty decently.</p><p>In the search box, type:<br /> from:<your username> keywords</p><p>I was able to find my post from June 2024 that way. Yippee.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScottMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScottMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a></p>
Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸<p>The lack of a real search function on Mastodon strikes again. I'd like to post an update today on a Toot I made 6+ months ago, but of course I can't find it. I'll probably have to download my Mastodon archive and dig through it if I really want to find it.</p><p>As a creative solution, I have been "indexing" my posts with hashtags that start with Scott, which my pal <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@OlivierGuinart" class="u-url mention">@<span>OlivierGuinart</span></a></span> noticed and playfully poked fun at one day. It's a good but imperfect solution.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScottMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScottMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a></p>
R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:<p>New <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> post: Hashtags, Part II: Global Search and the Right to Not Be Discovered</p><p><a href="https://rldane.space/hashtags-part-ii-global-search-and-the-right-to-not-be-discovered.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rldane.space/hashtags-part-ii-</span><span class="invisible">global-search-and-the-right-to-not-be-discovered.html</span></a></p><p>cc: my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chorus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chorus</span></a>: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@amin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>amin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@joel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>joel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@joelchrono" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>joelchrono</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@dm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dm</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@sotolf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sotolf</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@ivan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ivan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@thedoctor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>thedoctor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@pixx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pixx</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.mirbsd.org/@mirabilos" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mirabilos</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://thisis.mylegendary.quest/users/twizzay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>twizzay@thisis.mylegendary.quest</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://behold.mylegendary.quest/users/twizzay" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>twizzay@behold.mylegendary.quest</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@orbitalmartian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>orbitalmartian</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@adamsdesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>adamsdesk</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rlDaneWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rlDaneWriting</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingMonth</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hashtag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hashtag</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hashtags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hashtags</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/GlobalSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSearch</span></a></p><p>P.S., this is a great example (and thoughtful commentary tangential to the subject): <a href="https://mastodon.social/@_elena/113526359529114811" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@_elena/113526</span><span class="invisible">359529114811</span></a></p>
pablolarah<p>:mastodon: Guide for Using Mastodon Search: it’s easier and more powerful than you might think<br>by Mark Wyner <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@markwyner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>markwyner</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastodonBasics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonBasics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://markwrites.io/guide-for-using-mastodon-search" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">markwrites.io/guide-for-using-</span><span class="invisible">mastodon-search</span></a></p>
ctrg195<p>draft - idea - an option in mastodon settings to </p><p>"Make my mastodon posts searchable across the fediverse without hashtags"</p><p>This could appease both sets of people</p><p>Those who want to continue using mastodon only with their posts searchable via hashtags</p><p>And </p><p>Those who want their posts to potentially reach a broader audience who may search without hashtags</p><p>Also, enables searching with quotes and pairs or sets of words and sentences that are disconnected with the space button, something that is impossible with hashtags </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mastodonsearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodonsearch</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/searchability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>searchability</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a><br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mastodongrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodongrowth</span></a></p>
Scott Miller 🇺🇦 🇺🇸<p>It's been 0 Days since the Mastodon search capability has disappointed me.</p><p>I've had "Include public posts in search results" turned on for months now, but at least on my instance, it doesn't seem to find anything more than two days old. To verify, I've tried several words that are in toots from 3 to 14 days old, and none of them hit.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tootfinder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Tootfinder</span></a> appears to be down at the moment, but only covers ~3 months IIRC.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MastodonGripes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastodonGripes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ScottMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ScottMastodon</span></a></p>
John Lusk<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@ErictheCerise" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ErictheCerise</span></a></span> </p><p>Moar tagz!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/FediSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/MastoSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a></p>
John Lusk<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@ErictheCerise" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ErictheCerise</span></a></span> </p><p>Mind if I slap on some more tags?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/FediSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/MastoSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a></p>
Drew Naylor<p>Could not find anything for these search terms</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a></p>
Drew Naylor<p>Search currently seems to be broken on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> dot online. Hashtags work, but no filters like user or just text.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a></p>
Claire Barnes<p>I'm frustrated to read about <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/FullTextSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FullTextSearch</span></a> without finding a way to access it. I see that the search box on mastodon.social looks quite different from mine, so this seems instance-specific? Beyond upgrading to v4.2+, do administrators need to take other steps, & what should users request? <br><a href="https://h-net.social/tags/MastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonSearch</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://h-net.social/tags/FediHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediHelp</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://h-net.social/@mastodonadmin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mastodonadmin</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://h-net.social/@JesseDraper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JesseDraper</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span></p>
Deb has moved! (see profile) 🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>researchbuzz</span></a></span> is a treasure. Check out her tools for mastodon here: <a href="https://mastogizmos.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mastogizmos.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/mastodonSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodonSearch</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz/111210637252334271" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">researchbuzz.masto.host/@resea</span><span class="invisible">rchbuzz/111210637252334271</span></a></p>
Jonathan Schofield<p>One of the things you can still do on Twitter is to paste a URL into search and get back all the tweets that reference it, which is pretty cool.</p><p>I’d like Mastodon to embrace that: make the hrefs in toots part of search scope 🙏</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodonsearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodonsearch</span></a></p>
FlippoFlip 🏴☠️<p>Wer Lust hat, seine Beiträge besser sichtbar und durchsuchbar zu machen, der findet in den Einstellungen seit Version 4.2.0 die folgenden Optionen:<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Mastodonsearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodonsearch</span></a></p>
Finally found #MastodonSearch settings in my profile - stupid me, I never remember profile settings have few pages 
- and enabled public posts to search.
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