If you want to narrow down searches on Mastodon, there are special operators you can include in your search ("operator" in this context just means a special phrase).
For example if you want to only search posts you've interacted with in some way, include the operator in:library
Mastodon has lots of special operators like this, you can see them all in the guide at:
➡️ fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-…
You can also use multiple operators to make searches even more specific.
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#nature #space #astrophotography
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If you want to see the Fediverse's livestreaming platform #OwnCast in action, there's a livestreaming DJ session just started from New York at:
They're playing soulful house and related genres.
You can chat anonymously with a randomly assigned name, or you can log in with your Mastodon etc account to verify your identity.
If you want to be alerted for their future streams follow their account at @video
To discover other OwnCast streams browse directory.owncast.online
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Scythian gold archer mounted on horseback appliqué (4th Century BC) :
According to Herodotus Scythians were ruthless and nearly invincible warriors who made cloaks from their victims scalps and drank from their skulls and sacrificed one out of every hundred prisoners of war.
Scythians are credited with creating the first truly effective cavalry and employing tactics described as an ancient version of the blitzkrieg.
The Hermitage - St. Petersburg
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Castelul Corvinilor, also known as Corvin Castle, is a medieval gem nestled in the heart of Transylvania, Romania.
This imposing fortress, with its Gothic and Renaissance architectural elements, is perched majestically on a rocky outcrop, creating a captivating silhouette against the Carpathian Mountains backdrop.
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Ancient Thracian Silver Phiale depicting the Amazonomachy (430-420 BC) - Bulgaria
Vassil Bojkov collection, Sofia, Bulgaria
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#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #EmilyBronte #CharlotteBronte #AnneBronte #Victorian @romancelandia #JaneAusten
![A hand holding a frame that says “Excessively Diverting [novel accessories]](https://social.trom.tf/photo/preview/640/18628797 "A hand holding a frame that says “Excessively Diverting [novel accessories]")
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If you want to make sure you always see posts from particular accounts you follow, go to their profile and click the notification bell:
➡️ fedi.tips/how-to-be-notified-w…
The official apps don't yet have this feature, but third party apps do and so does your server's website.
If you want the official apps to have this too, and if you're comfortable using Github, you can give a thumbs up at:
Android
github.com/mastodon/mastodon-a…
iPhone/iPad
github.com/mastodon/mastodon-i…
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While the news of Austen’s complete works now available at Chawton is not new news, this article does discuss more of the exhibition, “Jane Austen and the Art of Writing.”
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/…
#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia
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This is quite the question! You can write an essay as an answer. But can you answer it in 25 words or less?
#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia
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Eckes
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to Eckes • • •@eckes
The advanced search options require a server to be using an add-on called elasticsearch.
Some servers don't have elasticsearch because it costs extra to run. If they don't have it, Mastodon displays a message saying that advanced search options aren't available.
However, the normal hashtag search should work fine.
You can ask your server admin if you're unsure about the situation.
Nik
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to Nik • • •@nikclayton
Nice! That looks like a really good way of implementing it! 👍
Boris Barbour
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •In my experience, those tags are actually necessary to find posts I know exist.
EDIT. Sorry I meant operators not tags. I was searching for one of my own posts. Using the same keywords but specifying "from:" was required. In other words, the default search seemed limited and/or confusing.
CM Thiede
in reply to Boris Barbour • • •@BorisBarbour be careful, there are some out there that are very vocal about the use of #Hashtags in their feeds. As if they don't want any added context to their post for viewers or for their post to be easily found at all.
It seems like most only think of hashtags as they're used in mainstream sm, Instagram comes to mind, rather than a library catalog. Where, every item needs a ton of key words for search, including common misspellings, if you expect it to turn up at all.
In fact, much like original web searches used to be, before everyone needed to pay a toll just to be found.
Fedi.Tips
in reply to CM Thiede • • •CM Thiede
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Boris Barbour
in reply to CM Thiede • • •@cmthiede
A lot of confusion here. I was searching for an old post. This in the (deck) search box does not return the post by me
"borisbarbour elsevier"
This does find the post
"from:"borisbarbour" elsevier"
So in this case, the operator does not "narrow" the search, it broadens it. The underlying problem is presumably that the default keyword search has some opaque limitation.
Fedi.Tips
in reply to Boris Barbour • • •@BorisBarbour @cmthiede
The operator "from" needs to be like this:
from:(INSERT FEDIVERSE ADDRESS HERE)
Fediverse addresses are visible on a person's profile. My address would be:
@ FediTips @ social.growyourown.services
(...but without the spaces, I've inserted spaces just to prevent Mastodon hiding the full address in this post.)
There shouldn't be any quotation marks "" used around the operators themselves.
Fedi.Tips
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •@BorisBarbour @cmthiede
If you just want to search your own posts, you can use the operator from:me without writing your own Fedi address.
So a search for your own posts with the word "elsevier" would be:
from:me elsevier
Boris Barbour
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •@cmthiede
The outer quotes were not typed into the search box.
Fedi.Tips
in reply to Boris Barbour • • •@BorisBarbour
It's safer just to leave the quotes out, or only use them with the search terms. There shouldn't be any quotes in contact with the operator as it breaks it.
Boris Barbour
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to Boris Barbour • • •Ah okay, I see what you mean, yes!
I think the normal search just searches the content of the post but does not include the name of the author of the post.
The from: operator lets you include the name of the author in the search so yes, you're absolutely right, in that situation it does broaden the results. I stand corrected.
Exec
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to Exec • • •@exec
There's nothing specific to the Home timeline (a person's main feed) unfortunately.