Post Aa1uX0cnZ2BlzWMUVM by joosteto@mamot.fr
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 (DIR) Post #Aa1qhQPM9r812GmlW4 by anderspuck@krigskunst.social
       2023-09-22T15:03:13Z
       
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       We have now updated to Mastodon version 4.2 on Krigskunst.social. This is a big update that greatly improves the search functionality on Mastodon (for servers that have ElasticSearch enabled, which we do). However, you have to actively opt in to make your posts searchable. I think unless you have a very specific reason not to want this, you should go and check this checkbox in the settings.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aa1rCBPHyvBFUIQ8fY by chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
       2023-09-22T15:08:46Z
       
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       @anderspuck I am hopeful that at some point ElasticSearch won't be required for this functionality. It is hard to justify the significant memory required for Java/ES on small servers like mine to run it. (about 7-8GB of additional RAM on my 16GB Debian iMac Server).Also, thank you for your #Ukraine analysis. #MastoAdmin
       
 (DIR) Post #Aa1rz4MEyki1oZJ0E4 by anderspuck@krigskunst.social
       2023-09-22T15:17:39Z
       
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       @chris Yes, it’s a very resource hungry feature.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aa1uWyzPdz5cv4vWTY by joosteto@mamot.fr
       2023-09-22T15:24:59Z
       
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       @chris @anderspuck The most important thing is the availability of the opt-in search option.Once enough people have that enabled, search can be provided in other ways (I do hope the option is available also on servers without ElasticSearch)
       
 (DIR) Post #Aa1uWziQwb6PAhzTeK by chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca
       2023-09-22T15:35:44Z
       
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       @joosteto @anderspuck the option is definitely there for me with 4.2.0. Just not sure what I am gaining from it without ES enabled. It is a huge step forward though. I don't want to diminish that.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aa1uX0cnZ2BlzWMUVM by joosteto@mamot.fr
       2023-09-22T15:41:09Z
       
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       @chris @anderspuck Other people will be able to find your posts through search. So when search is used more widely, you may get more views.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aa1uX1PMeT2MQ95HCi by anderspuck@krigskunst.social
       2023-09-22T15:46:10Z
       
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       @joosteto @chris Yes, true. You should check this box even if you don’t have ElasticSearch yourself.