In Mastodon, is it possible to search for posts that do *not* contain a specific hashtag? I don't mean full-text search, but plain old hashtag search only for absence of hashtag instead of presence.

#MastodonSearch seems a little drunk today ...

Put this in search field...

in:library from:ifediverse@mstdn.jp

modify it to your needs. "in:library" means that it will only find stuff that you've posted or received from others by mention etc.

If you want to search for a reply you made to somebody you can't just search for part of their name/handle. You need to include the @ and the full handle (but you don't need the server part). The handle in the following example is weird by design to make sure I'm not tagging an account that actually exists:

@someHandle123 from:me is:reply

Wow. #mastodon search really isn't working for me.

I know there are toots for these, because I tooted them:

#whatToRead

Miéville

And just today there are a number of toots with this name, but mastodon search finds … none:

Cherryh

The lack of a real search function on Mastodon strikes again. I'd like to post an update today on a Toot I made 6+ months ago, but of course I can't find it. I'll probably have to download my Mastodon archive and dig through it if I really want to find it.

As a creative solution, I have been "indexing" my posts with hashtags that start with Scott, which my pal @OlivierGuinart noticed and playfully poked fun at one day. It's a good but imperfect solution.

New #blog post: Hashtags, Part II: Global Search and the Right to Not Be Discovered

https://rldane.space/hashtags-part-ii-global-search-and-the-right-to-not-be-discovered.html

cc: my #chorus: @amin @joel @joelchrono @dm @sotolf @ivan @thedoctor @pixx @mirabilos @twizzay@thisis.mylegendary.quest @twizzay@behold.mylegendary.quest @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk

#rlDaneWriting #WritingMonth #hashtag #hashtags #search #mastodon #fediverse #MastodonSearch #GlobalSearch

P.S., this is a great example (and thoughtful commentary tangential to the subject): https://mastodon.social/@_elena/113526359529114811

Guide for Using Mastodon Search: it’s easier and more powerful than you might think
by Mark Wyner
@markwyner
#Mastodon #MastodonBasics #MastodonSearch

https://markwrites.io/guide-for-using-mastodon-search

draft - idea - an option in mastodon settings to

"Make my mastodon posts searchable across the fediverse without hashtags"

This could appease both sets of people

Those who want to continue using mastodon only with their posts searchable via hashtags

And

Those who want their posts to potentially reach a broader audience who may search without hashtags

Also, enables searching with quotes and pairs or sets of words and sentences that are disconnected with the space button, something that is impossible with hashtags

#mastodon
#mastodonsearch
#searchability
#accessibility
#mastodongrowth

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.

@ErictheCerise

Moar tagz!

@ErictheCerise

Mind if I slap on some more tags?

Could not find anything for these search terms

Search currently seems to be broken on #Mastodon dot online. Hashtags work, but no filters like user or just text.

This is super helpful if you, like me, are not totally up to speed with all the search operators available in Mastodon.

Thanks, @feditips !

#search #MastodonSearch #SearchOperators

https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon/

@researchbuzz is a treasure. Check out her tools for mastodon here: https://mastogizmos.com/

#mastodon #mastodonSearch https://researchbuzz.masto.host/@researchbuzz/111210637252334271

One of the things you can still do on Twitter is to paste a URL into search and get back all the tweets that reference it, which is pretty cool.

I’d like Mastodon to embrace that: make the hrefs in toots part of search scope