The comments on my post welcoming the migration of scientists to Mastodon has a ton of interesting comments, but one thing comes through again and again:
Mastodon's lack of a broad search capability is a bug, not a feature.
I understand the developer's motivation in excluding it, but -- with great respect -- he is wrong on this.
https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/110901274296210823
Dan Gillmor /
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