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Is search really that big of a deal? > Outside of the English speaking indie-privacy-tech bubble (and germans seem to be very active on it too) its a ghost lan
by MisterSandman 4y ago
Is search really that big of a deal?
> Outside of the English speaking indie-privacy-tech bubble (and germans seem to be very active on it too) its a ghost land.
"Outside of the super-active communities using Mastodon everyday, it is a ghostland."
- illiarian 4y ago> Is search really that big of a deal? Yes. From finding things to searching archives etc. Tim Bray has a good post on the topic: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/30/Mastodon-Privacy-and-Search https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2022/12/30/Mastodon-... (you can skip to the very last section if you don't want to read it all)
- jacooper 4y agoThese communities are active if not more active on Twitter. One of the things that made Twitter good is that every niche uses it.
- Hamuko 4y ago>Is search really that big of a deal? I used Twitter search constantly.
- crazygringo 4y agoYes, search is the main way to find the conversations people are having on a topic. Search is a principal use case. It's not a small extra feature.