Colin the Mathmo
@simsa02 It's a nuanced issue, and there are arguments on both sides. The take-away from this is perhaps that Mastodon instances are not an appropriate place to archive things.
I'm sorry you feel inconvenienced, but there are other points of view.
You can always choose to run up your own instance ... there are hosting services that deal with all the admin for you.
Colin the Mathmo
@ejk @ccppurcell
Search is effectively disabled across all of Mastodon. You can search for people and hashtags, but you cannot search content.
This was an explicit decision based on how search on other platforms has been abused to enable stalking and harassment.
It's a difficult balance, discoverability vs "protection".
There are ways to semi-circumvent it, but broadly, there is no wide-spread search for content, which is why heavy use of #hashtags is encouraged.
Fulltime freelance provider of outreach and enhancement in maths ... I talk a lot. About maths.I talk about other stuff too, like ballroom dancing, juggling, unicycling, education, engineering, software, and "other things".But mostly about maths.I tend to follow back, but only if you have something in your profile.
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