Trip K@triplingual@code4lib.social
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Search on Mastodon doesn't really work for me, by which I mean that when I search for hot news terms or hashtags that are clearly not one-offs I often get no results or very few. How can I tell if this is an issue with fediverse, Mastodon, my instance, my client, or some interaction among some number of those?
Fedi.Tips@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
@triplingual@code4lib.social
It's not your client, it's the structure of a federated network where each instance is properly independent: https://fedi.tips/which-posts-and-accounts-can-i-see-from-my-server/
There are things you can do about it, and things your admin can do about it, I've tried to list them at https://fedi.tips/using-relays-to-quickly-expand-a-servers-view-of-the-fediverse
If you just want to do one thing, follow as many relevant accounts as possible, you can discover them with many methods: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends
If your timeline is overwhelmed, use Lists: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon