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Last active January 27, 2023 03:43
filter by users and sort by date in Mastodon. see https://demon.social/@vyr/109296080568061011

new search features

  • setting SEARCH_ALL_VISIBLE_TOOTS=true in your instance config will let users search all non-private posts, not just the ones they've interacted with.
  • prefixing a search query with ๐Ÿ” will use ES simple query string syntax instead of Mastodon's weird broken subset of it, which will let you use "double quotes" for literal strings including white space, + to force a term to be included, or - to force a term to be excluded.
  • prefixing a search query with ๐Ÿ”Ž will use ES regular query string syntax which is like simple query syntax, except:
    • syntax errors will cause the search to fail, so if you don't get anything back, that's why.
  • you can specify individual fields to match on. if you don't specify a field for a given search term, it does a normal full-text search for