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1. Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 13:14:38 JST Eugen Rochko

   If you'd like your (public) posts to appear in search results on Mastodon, remember that you need to opt-in. Edit Profile → Privacy and Reach → Include public posts in search results. 14K people have opted-in so far!

   • Marcus (gerowen@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 13:15:57 JST Marcus

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     @Gargron I found this new (or new to me) option the other day when I was checking something else and turned it on. I figure if the post is public it's not like I'm trying to hide it anyway, so why not let it be indexed for searching? Maybe some cool new people will find me and we can interact on Mastodon, 🙂

   • Grant 🇺🇦ArmUkraine🇺🇦 (grant_m@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 13:20:05 JST Grant 🇺🇦ArmUkraine🇺🇦

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     @Gargron Done!

   • Viola (violab@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 13:20:16 JST Viola

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     @Gargron What will happen then? Something good? Something Bad?

     And I want to ad music to pictures and Videos, to avoid Insta and TiKTok

     Could you do Magic? 🥺 Magic it happen, please?

   • KenWebDevBTW (kenwebdevbtw@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 13:21:58 JST KenWebDevBTW

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     @Gargron I'm one of those 14k!

   • Quinn Comendant (com@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 13:24:16 JST Quinn Comendant

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     @Gargron Is that 14K people out of the 282K active users on mastodon.social, or only 14K people out of _all Mastodon users on the fediverse_? 🥺

   • Andrea Grandi 🦕 (andreagrandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 13:32:18 JST Andrea Grandi 🦕

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     @Gargron is there a way (an API? An info on the server status page?) to see the percentage / number of users who opted in? Thanks

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 13:34:00 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Andrea Grandi 🦕

     @andreagrandi No, there is not

   • Romanovich 🇺🇦 (cherepin@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 13:49:57 JST Romanovich 🇺🇦

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     @Gargron Thank you very much for the useful information. Good luck to you and have a nice day.

   • Alon (alon@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 13:50:46 JST Alon

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     @Gargron Please make it opt-out (or not even opt-out - the stalker has other tools to get through); the opt-in infrastructure is non-obvious and you're competing with alternatives that have way better searchability.

   • Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD (ericfielding@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 13:56:11 JST Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

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     @Gargron I think I opted in some time ago, but now I can't find that setting here on the web browser interface. It seems very hard to find it. I can't remember now where I set it earlier.

   • max oakland (maxoakland@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 14:02:28 JST max oakland

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     @Gargron this doesn’t seem to work on mobile

   • Prem Kumar Aparanji 👶🤖🐘 (prem_k@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 14:07:20 JST Prem Kumar Aparanji 👶🤖🐘

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     @Gargron thanks for sharing ... Didn't know ... Opted in now

   • Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦 (kegill@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 14:25:10 JST Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦

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     @Gargron

     Seems to be accessible on desktop browser only.

   • SAFIKAMAL79 (safikamal79@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 14:38:52 JST SAFIKAMAL79

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     @Gargron oh fine

   • Ianhopkinson (ianhopkinson@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 15:04:35 JST Ianhopkinson

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     @Gargron I guess various apps will pick up this setting in due course - so for now you'll need to make the change on the web interface

   • Todd Alström (toddalstrom@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 15:13:09 JST Todd Alström

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     @Gargron How often is the search index updated?

   • tomcruiseworld (tomcruiseworld@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 15:14:07 JST tomcruiseworld

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     @Gargron Where/how can I find this setting in the iOS app…?

   • Ilgaz Öcal (ilgaz@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 15:48:48 JST Ilgaz Öcal

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     @Gargron I thought it was default :-)

   • Little Miss GG (littlemissgg@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 16:32:34 JST Little Miss GG

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     @Gargron thank you! Still finding the settings a bit intimidating so helpful to have step by step directions!

   • Simon Lucy (simon_lucy@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 17:07:50 JST Simon Lucy

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     @Gargron

     For those looking for setting, or checking, the option on the Web interface go to Preferences, Public Profile, Privacy and Reach and the option

     'Include public posts in search results
     Your public posts may appear in search results on Mastodon. People who have interacted with your posts may be able to search them regardless'

     #Search

   • Fubaroque (fubaroque@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 18:39:31 JST Fubaroque

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     @Gargron No thanks. I’m fine with hashtags.

   • mazisworld (mazisworld@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 19:19:12 JST mazisworld

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     @Gargron no settings on mobile?

   • Isla (islajk@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 19:31:01 JST Isla

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     @Gargron Thank you. I didn’t realise the default was set so my posts could be found on Google but not here

   • Monsieur Valentine 🇺🇦 (valeg@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 20:03:39 JST Monsieur Valentine 🇺🇦

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     @Gargron I suggest to add a popup about opt-in with a quick action button when user engages search. This is better for discoverability.

   • Anis (incroyable_anis@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 21:23:31 JST Anis

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     @Gargron est-ce que les 14000 personnes ne sont que sur mastodonte point social ou alors est-ce que les 14000 personnes sont sur toutes les instances

   • krichardkaye (krichardkaye@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 22:58:07 JST krichardkaye

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     @Gargron Thank you for this!

   • Prototype9215 (prototype9215@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 23:20:45 JST Prototype9215

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     @Gargron is it retroactive? Like if I already made public posts, will they appear now that I've switched this setting on?

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 23:21:41 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Prototype9215

     @Prototype9215 Yes

   • Kathleen Lu (kathleenthelaw@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Sep-2023 23:32:31 JST Kathleen Lu

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     @Gargron sadly, my app doesn't list this option

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 01:19:47 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • portugalense

     @portugalense Is something unclear in the description?

   • portugalense (portugalense@masto.pt)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 01:19:48 JST portugalense

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     @Gargron what is this tho

   • Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 01:23:56 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • portugalense

     @portugalense It’s fairly old, the label used to be “Suggest account to others”

   • portugalense (portugalense@masto.pt)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 01:23:57 JST portugalense

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     @Gargron is it new ? i don't remember seing it before

   • Hawkmoon (hawkmoon@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 01:55:49 JST Hawkmoon

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     @Gargron

     That's search results exclusively on Maston?

     Or across the Fediverse?

     Or in internet search engine results?

   • miwebguy (miwebguy@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 02:10:36 JST miwebguy

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     @Gargron it's awesome that it's private by default!

   • Karen E. Lund 💙💛 (karen5lund@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 08:12:52 JST Karen E. Lund 💙💛

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     @Gargron Does that make me 14K + 1?

   • obi0bi :tux: :zorin: (obi0bi@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Sep-2023 12:13:38 JST obi0bi :tux: :zorin:

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     @Gargron no wonder I never get any interaction hardly...🤦🏻♂️ thank you for sharing this I was just thinking I had no appeal what so ever 😅 I should probably save that until after I see if this improves though...

   • Derek Bruff (derekbruff@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Sep-2023 23:40:14 JST Derek Bruff

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     @Gargron Done! Thanks for enabling public search!

   • moashy_mango (moashy_mango@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Sep-2023 23:26:07 JST moashy_mango

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     @Gargron And this is why I would love an official mastodon app, I’d be willing to beta test a desktop app and leave feedback

   • Imagineering Ireland (imagineeringireland@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Nov-2023 18:24:10 JST Imagineering Ireland

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     @Gargron Thank you, I assumed this was the default setting.