Any recommendations on how to search on the Fediverse?
Seems like every server returns different results for the same search terms... and, often, many posts (even when searching for exact phrases or users) never show up at all (even when they're not blocked).
It's... peculiar. Am I missing something obvious relating to how to find things on the Fediverse?
One thing of importance is that unless you are signed in most servers will not fetch remote things (like profiles) that are not already cached. Really threw me for a loop thinking I broke stuff when I couldn't find my bridged profile on remote servers.
Also, posts in search are generally just what's already known to the server AFAIK. Way to many servers to try to query them all, though as long as your signed in searches for users does work across the fediverse.
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