jonny (good kind)
Hey any journalists on here plz turn your public post indexing on, because most of you haven't and thats why people looking for public information cant find you.
Go to settings > public profile > privacy and reach, select "include public posts in search results"
Not all the fedi wants to be a public space, and thats fine, but some parts should be right now.
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p.s. Also remember to click "save changes" at the bottom of the screen after you've made your selection.
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Log in through your server's website to do this.
I think your server isn't running the latest version of Mastodon though, so it may not have this feature yet.
MJ Ray
@feditips @jonny the settings on moshidon has no public profile section. Is this limited to some clients?
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I understand the frustration, but think this is a case of a "least worst" solution?
Being on a centralised social network is simpler because you have no options. If the person running the network does something bad (as we can see now with Musk on Twitter) then you just have to accept it.
The range of options on here means it does get more compllicated sometimes, but it also keeps you safe from Musk-type scenarios because you can switch servers or apps if something bad happens.
MJ Ray
@feditips @jonny this is a reason why people say mastodon is too complicated. If I wanted to log in to a website, I wouldn't have installed an app. Then add on servers not upgrading as an extra layer of awkward. 🙁
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Your server is only one version behind the current one so I'd imagine it will update soon. Maybe your server admin @admin can help?
(The full text search feature is brand new, so it's only available on the latest version.)
For apps it's up to each developer. On Moshidon perhaps @moshidon might have news on adding this setting to the app?
MJ Ray
@feditips @jonny probably, but still frustrating. Is there a list of servers that pledge to stay up to date? A list of apps that will expose all settings?
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I have a website at https://fedi.tips which is full of guides for beginners.
For this particular issue, there's a guide at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-opt-into-or-out-of-full-text-search-on-mastodon/
MJ Ray
@feditips @jonny @admin @moshidon sure, that helps me (thanks all you lovely people) but are there no general sources for this info yet, for users less expert than you and less mouthy than me?
Marcel Waldvogel
@mattswift @Natanox @jonny
https://docs-p.joinmastodon.org/admin/optional/elasticsearch/ reads:
"Mastodon’s full-text search allows logged in users to find results from their own statuses, their mentions, their favourites, and their bookmarks."
So, it's not everything I read, I need to have interacted with it (or vice versa). But indeed, a lot is now covered with the built-in search (which wasn't the case when #Tootfinder started).
Maybe @buercher can explain more differences?
mattswift
@marcel @Natanox @jonny Assuming you read it while browsing Mastodon, you don't need to remember it using the built-in search either. As long as your post reaches the other instance (which it will on any moderately sized one), it can be found through anyone searching it.
It's true that you won't reach the small instances most likely however, but I suspect people on small instances know how to find things they want.
Marcel Waldvogel
@Natanox @jonny Built-in #Mastodon #search is intra-site ("local"), #TootFinder is inter-site ("global", kind of like #Google for the #Fediverse , not just for your instance).
I.e., you don't need to remeber the user/instance where you read the post from…
Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸
@marcel @jonny Hope this becomes unnecessary in the future, after all the new indexing option should make the search very much usable already. Or is tootfinder somehow special? 🤔
Marcel Waldvogel
Also, consider allowing #TootFinder to make your public posts globally searchable. I think it is a good thing to do, if you want to make information available to the public.
It's painless:
1️⃣ Include one of the keywords "searchable", " tootfinder", or "tfr" in your profile to express consent
2️⃣ Tell TootFinder to start indexing here: https://tootfinder.ch/join.php
(Just remove the keyword if you want to opt out again.)
Annika Backstrom
@marcel @mattswift It applies to any account (local or remote), and yes, it's part of the profile. Also, profiles that have opted-in to search are polled more frequently for updates, in case the user has opted back out of search (indicating the remote server should remove that account from its search index)
mattswift
@HeNeArXn @marcel @Natanox @jonny @buercher ah woops, I admit I have not looked at the docs for a while so I just assumed that was the page
Marcel Waldvogel
@mattswift @HeNeArXn @Natanox @jonny @buercher docs-p was ranked higher in my search results than docs 🤷.
Going with the current docs and the "public statuses from account that opted into appearing in search results" bullet point: Is this for all accounts, or just local accounts? If the former: How is the "search opt-in" flag communicated to other instances? As part of the profile information?
Sven
@marcel @mattswift @Natanox @jonny @buercher No idea what the "docs-p" subdomain is, but the up-to-date docs do not say that: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/elasticsearch/
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