A follow-up post regarding the Mastodon search tips:
If the search options don't work, the reason might be that your Mastodon instance maintainer hasn't implemented Elasticsearch.
Also important: do not use capitals anywhere in the search conditions. E.g.: "From:me" doesn't work.
Further reading:
https://mstdn.social/@DeltaWye/111280982761530295
and
https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon/
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