If you want to search Mastodon posts you've interacted with, include the phrase in:library along with your keywords.
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If you want to search Mastodon posts you've interacted with, include the phrase in:library along with your keywords. This will just show results for posts you have interacted with.
If you want to search just your own posts, include the phrase from:me in your search.
There are lots more special phrases like these (also known as "operators") listed in the search guide at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon
@FediTips ah, good advice! Thank you, this might help !
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If you want to search Mastodon posts you've interacted with, include the phrase in:library along with your keywords. This will just show results for posts you have interacted with.
If you want to search just your own posts, include the phrase from:me in your search.
There are lots more special phrases like these (also known as "operators") listed in the search guide at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon
@FediTips Thanks. Just the tip I neede. Now i found that old post with highly valuable info on plants I want. Couldn't find it before.
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If you want to search Mastodon posts you've interacted with, include the phrase in:library along with your keywords. This will just show results for posts you have interacted with.
If you want to search just your own posts, include the phrase from:me in your search.
There are lots more special phrases like these (also known as "operators") listed in the search guide at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon
@FediTips
Huh. It would be nice if there was a way to search posts that would have been included in a list — like in:library, but differently scoped. Maybe someday -
If you want to search Mastodon posts you've interacted with, include the phrase in:library along with your keywords. This will just show results for posts you have interacted with.
If you want to search just your own posts, include the phrase from:me in your search.
There are lots more special phrases like these (also known as "operators") listed in the search guide at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon
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@FediTips
Huh. It would be nice if there was a way to search posts that would have been included in a list — like in:library, but differently scoped. Maybe somedayI think the idea of the Lists feature on Mastodon is as a private sort of thing that no one else sees.
But the new Collections feature is a bit closer to a public list, and it is/will be searchable if it's set to be public by its creator.
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@FediTips Thanks. Just the tip I neede. Now i found that old post with highly valuable info on plants I want. Couldn't find it before.
Great to hear it is useful!
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@FediTips if it requires someone to write up a "tip", perhaps that highlights a ui issue? modern day search is bad enough as it is, without having to search for tips on how to search 🤪
If you're using the web interface these operators are visible when you click on the search box, but I don't know how many people notice them!
Apps may have various ways of presenting these options.
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I think the idea of the Lists feature on Mastodon is as a private sort of thing that no one else sees.
But the new Collections feature is a bit closer to a public list, and it is/will be searchable if it's set to be public by its creator.
@FediTips
Ah, no, I mean sort of the opposite — let me do a global search for messages, but only show me the ones from people on this list — or, in practice, search every message I can see from the people on this list for matches. -
@FediTips
Ah, no, I mean sort of the opposite — let me do a global search for messages, but only show me the ones from people on this list — or, in practice, search every message I can see from the people on this list for matches.Ahhh okay... you can use the from: operator to specify particular accounts and you can have multiple operators in a single search. That might be a way to choose results for particular accounts, though of course it's not as convenient as just choosing a list. More info at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon
You can also use - (minus sign) before an operator to remove its results.
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Ahhh okay... you can use the from: operator to specify particular accounts and you can have multiple operators in a single search. That might be a way to choose results for particular accounts, though of course it's not as convenient as just choosing a list. More info at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon
You can also use - (minus sign) before an operator to remove its results.
@FediTips
Right — so expanding from to take a list; possibly this could even be done at the client level -
@FediTips
Right — so expanding from to take a list; possibly this could even be done at the client levelYeah, it probably could be made easier by the apps as the operators are part of the official API.
