One of the biggest criticisms of Mastodon's technical capabilities involves how limited its search system is. With a new update, everything has changed.

It’s hard not to overstate how much of a big deal it is that Mastodon is adopting this kind of search functionality. Mastodon still makes up a vast portion of the Fediverse.

While other platforms have supported this for way longer, having buy-in by the biggest player in the space will probably have a huge effect on standard expectations moving forward.

  • @sabreW4K3English
    -28•10 months ago

    Boo!

    I liked when people had to put effort in and you could discuss things without coming up in searches.

    • @electrosphere@lemmy.ml
      45•10 months ago

      If you don’t want to come up in searches don’t check the box in your profile that says “I want to come up in searches”.

    • AdaEnglish
      10•10 months ago

      That was never a thing on the fediverse… Search has been part of it since the beginning, just not on Mastodon