julian, Finally, you are now able to look up remote content and user profiles using the built-in NodeBB search tooling.
In the quick search bar and on the search page itself, you can paste in a URL to a post. If NodeBB can fetch it using the ActivityPub protocol, then it will be immediately parsed and returned as a search result:
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If you change the search type to "In users", or use the search bar in the users page, then you can look up remote users using their URL or handle:
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This change resolves the final hurdle stopping a brand new NodeBB from connecting to the fediverse. It wasn't possible to actually find anyone or anything in order to start those first follow relationships. Now it is possible.
Aside — I'm frankly surprised by how long it's taken for me to actually do this. It goes to show you just how much you'll put off doing something if it's not really critical.
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