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Mastodon announces new European non-profit, change of CEO (blog.joinmastodon.org)

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[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago

Search. Downvotes. He has blocked those forever.

[-] andypiper@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Search exists. I'm not sure downvotes make sense in the context of a microblogging app, but YMMV. There's a lot of things to work on, for sure.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

No, I'm not saying he depriortized it. The problem is he won't implement it.

By search I mean I should be able to search for a keyword or URL on all instances. There is no support for this. And, again, the issue is not technical. Its Eugene blocking it because he personally does not want the feature

[-] andypiper@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

won’t implement it.

"not sure downvotes make sense" -> it might not be a good fit for what the app is -> so maybe it would not make sense to implement.

I should be able to search for a keyword or URL on all instances

We're working on this. It's part of Fediscovery. Optional opt-in discovery across instances, if a user wants their content to be discoverable across instances.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -2 points 6 months ago

Didn't Eugene say "no" to searches too?

[-] andypiper@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I don't know, I was not involved if that was said at some time, but now, we have search, so I don't know what to tell you.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago

O rly?

Search for a URL to a popular news article. It will not return all the toots that include that URL.

[-] andypiper@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

If the user didn't make their posts as discoverable, then no, they will not be returned in a search. The search is opt-in. It is not ideal, but it is a way to respect user privacy. I was making the point that search exists now, even if it had previously been rejected as a feature to implement, so it is not impossible for folks to change their opinions on including features.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That basically defeats the whole purpose of the platform

One time I saw a fire truck drive by and I searched twitter for "fire" and the city name. That's the day I fell in love with Twitter. I only use it for searching for people talking about stuff.

If search doesn't work, I have no use for it.

[+] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -6 points 6 months ago

Doesn't matter what the devs want. The users requested it, the devs should implement it. Instead Eugene just said "no"

[-] delticus@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

This has to be one of the funniest takes I've ever seen, esp considering the nature of the project and the devs who work on it.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -2 points 6 months ago

Are you familiar with what happened to reddit when they stopped listening to their users?

[-] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

That's a strange take... But even if that logic follows, it's pretty disingenuous to suggest that's what ALL users want, and Eugene is the sole opposition. You and I may want global search, but lots of Mastodon users actively loathe the idea.

Personally I think it'd be a better platform for it, but I get why there are folks who don't like the idea. I also wish they'd implement quoting people, but again, I understand why some folks don't like that idea. Downvotes don't really make sense on microblogging to me.