#tootfinder — Public Fediverse posts

Useful!

https://tootfinder.ch/index.php

#searchable #tootfinder

@buercher Thanks a lot for #tootfinder!

Note on #tootfinder
Last weeks, crawling was badly configured and the index was very behind. It is fixed now.

Just learned about #tootfinder. An opt-in search engine for #Mastodon posts. Very interesting, I've just opted in.

https://tootfinder.ch

@FediTips, is this interesting to create a post about?

How do I get #Tootfinder to work on my toots? I would really like to be searchable. #MastoBrain

Now I get it, the reason why I do not find my or others' recent toots on tootfinder.ch - the index is 65090 minutes, that is ~45 days, behind [as displayed on its search page]! And I also didn't know this: "makes them searchable for 3 months"

I will opt out of this, almost no usecase whatsoever. #tootfinder #tfr

It's been 0 Days since the Mastodon search capability has disappointed me.

I've had "Include public posts in search results" turned on for months now, but at least on my instance, it doesn't seem to find anything more than two days old. To verify, I've tried several words that are in toots from 3 to 14 days old, and none of them hit.

#Tootfinder appears to be down at the moment, but only covers ~3 months IIRC.

#MastodonSearch #MastodonGripes #ScottMastodon

I think it is time to think about some institutional support for #tootfinder

It only holds toots for 3 month, Which is not enough. We need a good general crawler and a long term archive.

Any foundation out there with some resources left?

@marcel
@jonny Attention whore that I am...

@Kencf618033

#TootFinder

@Natanox @jonny Built-in #Mastodon #search is intra-site ("local"), #TootFinder is inter-site ("global", kind of like #Google for the #Fediverse , not just for your instance).

I.e., you don't need to remeber the user/instance where you read the post from…

Also, consider allowing #TootFinder to make your public posts globally searchable. I think it is a good thing to do, if you want to make information available to the public.

https://tootfinder.ch/

It's painless:
1️⃣ Include one of the keywords "searchable", " tootfinder", or "tfr" in your profile to express consent
2️⃣ Tell TootFinder to start indexing here: https://tootfinder.ch/join.php

(Just remove the keyword if you want to opt out again.)

@jonny

Hi @buercher. Now that #Mastodon 4.2 includes the option to "Include Public Posts In Search results" right in the user config, are you planning to use the *indexable* flag for #TootFinder, instead of relying on tags in the profile description? #FullTextSearch #Fulltext #Search

Status Update:

Öffentliche Posts habe ich auf durchsuchbar gestellt, dafür #Tootfinder wieder deaktiviert.

Hello! You can make your toots searchable for #tootfinder adding `searchable` or other keywords to your bio.

https://tootfinder.ch/index.php?join=1

My toots are now searchable 🎉
via #tootfinder

https://tootfinder.ch/

All toots of mine: https://tootfinder.ch/search/%40HeidiSeibold%40fosstodon.org

@_ohcoco_
Tootfinder.ch is an opt-in searchable database of posts (aka, toots).

The website has more info on how to join and how to search:

https://www.tootfinder.ch/

#TootFinder #Mastodon

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@buercher Is https://mastodon.ie/@TRiG/109848841823385009 just too old?

There are a few other instances where I talked about World Chase Tag but just used the hashtag. If #Tootfinder is just exact text search, they may not show up.

Um das Problem zu lösen, meine eigenen Posts nicht mehr zu finden, hab ich mich jetzt selbst auf den #Index gesetzt, bei #Tootfinder

Geht recht easy, hilft mir, vlt auch anderen, denn die #Crossover #Suchfunktion ist bei #Mastodon ausbaufähig.

Wer sich auch auf den #Index setzen will, hier entlang

https://tootfinder.ch/index.php?join=1

P.S. kann man auch wieder rückgängig machen

I think opt-in search is great. I have signed up for @buercher's #TootFinder, but few people have. What if something like that was the default search in the UI, and people were encouraged opt-in when they signed up?

@Mela
Es gibt etwas namens #tootfinder, das helfen soll, zumindest die eigenen Trööts durchsuchbar zu machen; ich habe allerdings noch nicht ausprobiert, etwas zu suchen, und weiß deshalb nicht, ob es eine wirkliche Hilfe ist.

Hi @[email protected],

Can you let me know what the position is on deleted posts? If I delete a post from my timeline, will it remain on #tootfinder?
Thanks

Even though (a) my profile is visible to Tootfinder, and (b) I post relatively frequently about World Chase Tag, a Tootfinder search for World Chase Tag never finds anything. Anyone know why?

#Tootfinder

#Tootfinder - vllt interessant für dich: https://tootfinder.ch/

@patrislav You can opt-in to some, such as #tootfinder - https://tootfinder.ch/

@th_willenbrink es gibt ja auch noch den #Tootfinder aber der ist ja Opt-in und liefert zzt noch weniger Treffer als die Hashtag-Suche ;-)

❤️-Willkommen an alle Neulinge!

Wenn ihr von Twitter gewechselt seid, schaut euch diese nützlichen Links an, die euch bei der #Migration zu #Mastodon helfen könnten:

🔎 #Fedifinder: Findet die Fediverse-Konten eurer #Twitter-Kontakte: https://fedifinder.glitch.me

🕵️‍♂️ #Tootfinder: Volltext-Suchmaschine für Mastodon: http://tootfinder.ch

🌟 #Followgraph: Eine Plattform, um großartige Leute auf Mastodon zu finden: https://followgraph.vercel.app

#Willkommen in der wunderbaren Welt von Mastodon! 🐘 #NeuHier

Global post search experiment is powered by https://tootfinder.ch.

It's an **OPT-IN** search index. Once you follow the steps there, your toots will be searchable in trunks as well.

NOTE: Global post search is not available on web for the time being.

#tootfinder

@lambo
Not perfect but #tootfinder now also offers instance opt-in as a second widening step http://tootfinder.ch/.

If such policies can be established then other search engines could follow.