Tijn, 1 month ago

@reidrac it highly depends on the instance. Full-text search is an optional extra iirc

reidrac, 1 month ago

@Tijn it may be that; can't find anything -- may be I can try in a different instance 🤔

fozztexx, 1 month ago

@reidrac @Tijn I run my own instance and it doesn't work at all.

Tijn, 1 month ago

@fozztexx @reidrac I think it's possible to turn on full-text search, which makes it a bit better.

But yeah, it's always dodgy. The weak point of Mastodon tbh.

jake4480, 1 month ago

@reidrac @Tijn yeah, it's hit and miss. Using keywords and hashtags helps, and also using from:username (your username) and then a keyword will often have some good results

bgardner, 1 month ago

@Tijn @reidrac ? That is how it is intended to work. Hashtags are searchable but not full text.

ne1for23, 1 month ago

@bgardner @Tijn @reidrac

"Mastodon supports full-text search when Elasticsearch is available."

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/elasticsearch/

bgardner, 1 month ago

@ne1for23 @Tijn @reidrac Yes, and as I understand it (I may be wrong), Elasticsearch is - by default - not available.

Tijn, 1 month ago

@bgardner @ne1for23 @reidrac Yeah, I think you have to install it separately