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If the user didn’t make their posts as discoverable, then no, they will not be returned in a search. The search is opt-in. It is not ideal, but it is a way to respect user privacy. I was making the point that search exists now, even if it had previously been rejected as a feature to implement, so it is not impossible for folks to change their opinions on including features.
That basically defeats the whole purpose of the platform
One time I saw a fire truck drive by and I searched twitter for “fire” and the city name. That’s the day I fell in love with Twitter. I only use it for searching for people talking about stuff.
Didn’t Eugene say “no” to searches too?
I don’t know, I was not involved if that was said at some time, but now, we have search, so I don’t know what to tell you.
O rly?
Search for a URL to a popular news article. It will not return all the toots that include that URL.
If the user didn’t make their posts as discoverable, then no, they will not be returned in a search. The search is opt-in. It is not ideal, but it is a way to respect user privacy. I was making the point that search exists now, even if it had previously been rejected as a feature to implement, so it is not impossible for folks to change their opinions on including features.
That basically defeats the whole purpose of the platform
One time I saw a fire truck drive by and I searched twitter for “fire” and the city name. That’s the day I fell in love with Twitter. I only use it for searching for people talking about stuff.
If search doesn’t work, I have no use for it.