I wish Mastodon would have a way to search for keywords only for "people I follow".
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I wish Mastodon would have a way to search for keywords only for "people I follow". Sometimes I know someone mentioned something, and I want to go back to that post, but I don't remember who or when, and it's hard to find. Is there such a thing?
Edit: I only use Android devices.
@badnetmask @FediTips
I often search for things like:"panthers in:library"
e.g. to find this banger:
https://kolektiva.social/@Gigi/115900462017124196Which will search for that word in things I have starred or favorited.
That's been good enough for me and encourages me to favorite almost everything I read.
(As @rasterweb likes to say: the star is how you mark a post as "read."
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I wish Mastodon would have a way to search for keywords only for "people I follow". Sometimes I know someone mentioned something, and I want to go back to that post, but I don't remember who or when, and it's hard to find. Is there such a thing?
Edit: I only use Android devices.
@badnetmask @FediTips Ivory for iOS has a feature for searching in your timeline. This might help. But not sure how far back in time you can search
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@badnetmask @FediTips
I often search for things like:"panthers in:library"
e.g. to find this banger:
https://kolektiva.social/@Gigi/115900462017124196Which will search for that word in things I have starred or favorited.
That's been good enough for me and encourages me to favorite almost everything I read.
(As @rasterweb likes to say: the star is how you mark a post as "read."
@poleguy @FediTips @rasterweb
Yeah, that doesn't always work. In this particular case I'm positive I'm trying to find something I did not interact with. -
I wish Mastodon would have a way to search for keywords only for "people I follow". Sometimes I know someone mentioned something, and I want to go back to that post, but I don't remember who or when, and it's hard to find. Is there such a thing?
Edit: I only use Android devices.
@badnetmask @FediTips I don't see an operator that supports search by user other than specific user.
I think someone would need to make a custom client or tool to export your data & your mutual's data and then index it.
I can't even find a way to filter my feed to mutuals.
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@poleguy @FediTips @rasterweb
Yeah, that doesn't always work. In this particular case I'm positive I'm trying to find something I did not interact with.@badnetmask @FediTips @rasterweb
I understand and sympathize.
Can we write a bot/app for that?
And if we can, somebody already did it, right? And that means we should be able to find it already just by searching, right?
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@badnetmask @FediTips Ivory for iOS has a feature for searching in your timeline. This might help. But not sure how far back in time you can search
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@poleguy @FediTips @rasterweb
Yeah, that doesn't always work. In this particular case I'm positive I'm trying to find something I did not interact with.@badnetmask @FediTips @rasterweb What client do you use to follow mastodon?
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@badnetmask @FediTips @rasterweb
I understand and sympathize.
Can we write a bot/app for that?
And if we can, somebody already did it, right? And that means we should be able to find it already just by searching, right?
Apparently some app can do that (according to @stefan )
https://social.stefanberger.net/@stefan/115912460083046486 -
@badnetmask @FediTips @rasterweb What client do you use to follow mastodon?
@poleguy @FediTips @rasterweb
I use Pachli on Android. -
@poleguy @FediTips @rasterweb
I use Pachli on Android.@badnetmask @FediTips @rasterweb
It might not be that hard to add such a feature. Since it is open source it could be done as a fork just for yourself if Pachli isn't interested in a PR.
https://chatgpt.com/share/696bfde3-c408-800e-9253-43a5c2df210f
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I wish Mastodon would have a way to search for keywords only for "people I follow". Sometimes I know someone mentioned something, and I want to go back to that post, but I don't remember who or when, and it's hard to find. Is there such a thing?
Edit: I only use Android devices.
@badnetmask @FediTips I think you can!
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@badnetmask @FediTips I think you can!
You can use "operators" to narrow your search. There's a complete list of operators in the guide at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon/
I don't know if any of these are exactly what you're asking for but they will work on any device as you put the operator into the search box.
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@badnetmask @FediTips @rasterweb
It might not be that hard to add such a feature. Since it is open source it could be done as a fork just for yourself if Pachli isn't interested in a PR.
https://chatgpt.com/share/696bfde3-c408-800e-9253-43a5c2df210f
@poleguy @badnetmask @rasterweb
Please don't use LLMs, they are just generating junk based on stolen labour and burning the planet.
