How do I get #Tootfinder to work on my toots? I would really like to be searchable. #MastoBrain
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#Tootfinder als brauchbare #Suche für #Mastodon ist tot.
"Index 128232 minutes behind"
Die frühesten Suchergebnisse beginnen im Juni und dann werden nur Posts von 3 Monaten gespeichert.
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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
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?
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@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…
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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.
It's painless:
(Just remove the keyword if you want to opt out again.)
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
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Öffentliche Posts habe ich auf durchsuchbar gestellt, dafür #Tootfinder wieder deaktiviert.
My toots are now searchable 
via #tootfinder
All toots of mine: https://tootfinder.ch/search/%40HeidiSeibold%40fosstodon.org
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@_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:
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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.
mastodon.ieTRiG (@TRiG@mastodon.ie)The main reason I got a Twitter account was to do frequent searches for World Chase Tag to find people discovering it for the first time and posting about it. Frequently the first post would be "What is this ridiculous nonsense‽" followed up a few minutes later by "This is actually kind of cool, though." And then a few minutes after that "I'm now officially a fan of this sport!"
I loved it, and miss it.
I'm the only person on the whole of the Fediverse who has ever used #WorldChaseTag.
#sport
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
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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?
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@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 @buercher@tooting.ch,
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 - vllt interessant für dich: https://tootfinder.ch/
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@patrislav You can opt-in to some, such as #tootfinder - https://tootfinder.ch/
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@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 ;-)