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After many months we are bringing back our TROM.tf Search! https://search.trom.tf/ thanks to Danny!

But with a twist. Instead of hosting a SearX instance we are using a script that checks the best and most reliable instances and uses them randomly for every search. It is a meta-search engine. This way we make sure it is reliable and our IP will never get blocked by google and the rest.

For those who do not know, SearX is itself a sort of meta-search engine, pulling results from google, DDG, yahoo and more, removing the ads and trackers, and basically allowing you to search without those viruses.

So, we are finally back!

To add it to Firefox simply right click the URL after the page loads, and then add the TROM Search as a search engine. From Firefox's settings make sure you select it to be as default for your browser.

#searx #searxng #search #foss #opensource #tromtf #trom


Spirited debate today on Mastodon about the new opt-in search capability. Some people think it should be opt-out. Whatever you think about this, perhaps let's all just step back and appreciate that a complex requested feature has been added which will fundamentally change the utility of Mastodon for academics, scientists, journalists and organizations as well as ordinary users. Thank you Mastodon devs! We spoke and you listened.

Support Mastodon development: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon

#search


It feels like people are 50%/50% on the search feature on Mastodon and Fediverse in general. Some Fedi software have quite extensive search implemented already in my knowledge. Mastodon barely has any search if you don't count the open text search patch.

What do you think?

Pick one.

I want to see how divided we are on this.

#Fediverse #Features #Search

  • The search should find all public posts (81%, 376 votes)
  • No searching in here please (18%, 87 votes)
463 voters. Poll end: 1 year ago



@PhilPhorward@FediFollows I've been here around for a few years I believe and so far I haven't observed what you are suggesting. My server (with a handful of users) doesn't see, can't #search and cannot tell #trends, nor anything else. What you say would work if everyone would use the same server, or, in other words, if #mastodon was centralised.


Ah, yes, thank you #Google for showing me all the results with "SDK" when my search query was "API", it's exactly what I was looking for.

#rant #search