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1. Claudius Link (realn2s@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 20:18:58 JST Claudius Link

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄

   I'm looking for #FedITips, #AskTheFedi

   One of my reoccurring unsolved problems is, finding stuff i know exists but I only remember fragments about.

   E.g. I know I follow a person but can't recall their handle. Search is useless as i can't restrict it to "following". Handle auto-completion only works if i know enough of the beginning of the handle.
   Essentially I have to scroll through my followings, bookmarks, favourites or wherever I think I find them easiest

   Is this a client problem?
   Are there client which offers a "following" search?

   #mastodon cc @feditips

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 20:18:54 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     @realn2s

     What do you know about the person, that you want to use as a basis for the search?

   • Fedi.Tips 🎄 (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 20:43:14 JST Fedi.Tips 🎄

     in reply to

     @realn2s

     I can't find any way to search for keywords from the profile alone, the searches tend to be based on the account name or account address.

     However, the upcoming version of Mastodon (4.2) will apparently include opt-in full text search, which may make this a lot easier, if the person you're searching for has opted in to being searched in full text.

   • Claudius Link (realn2s@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 10-Sep-2023 20:43:15 JST Claudius Link

     in reply to

     • Fedi.Tips 🎄

     @feditips
     Usually i know (parts) of there name which might not be part of their handle. Additionally some keywords from their profile