Mastodon - Weak Search Capability Is Intentional ~ "It deliberately does not allow searching for arbitrary strings in the entire database, in order to reduce the risk of abuse by people searching for controversial terms to find people to dogpile." ~ So how do people find posts without hashtags?

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[–]SoCo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

While dogpiling sucks, it seems like the solution is worse than the problem.

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I actually respect this.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Why is that?

[–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Because the tragedy of social media is that you can search through a person's entire history and find one thing that maybe wasn't controversial at the time, apply today's rules, and ruin their life.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

To avoid that problem, the Mastodon user could pick a username that does not reveal their true identity, like we do here at Saidit.

However, it is my belief that we should be willing to stand up for what we believe in, even if it means being persecuted.

[–]package 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

By knowing people and those people introducing you to others, I would assume. So like how things used to be IRL.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for answering my question. I don't know anyone personally on Mastodon. Without the ability to search what people are saying, it's hard for me to get to know anyone there.

When we talk to people IRL, we can search by asking them a question.

Hello, friend, what do you know about: (((search query)))?

Unfortunately, many people are not willing to share truthful and unbiased information, but that's true on the internet and in other forms of communication: television, radio, and word of mouth. And many people IRL that do know something of value are selfish and stay quiet.

[–]Fiyanggu 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Everybody is happy. If you're worked up, it's your fault. What kind of stupid snowflake pushes that crap?

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Who is pushing what?