@overholt Ever since AltaVista died, all I ever wanted was a Boolean search of every damn website in the database. Is that too much to ask?
Apparently, yes, that's too much to ask.
#Search #Boolean #BooleanSearch #AltaVista #Google #WebSearch #Web #Internet
Not too long ago, I could find ANYTHING on the Internet.
Now, there’s no Boolean search, and I can’t use nested commands to granularly search for specific information. Instead, I get some tangentially related pages with none of the information I wanted.
So AI wastes energy, gives me less of what I’m looking for, and this is the “better” way?
Dear Friends,
#ClimateDiary
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One thing I appreciate, the #BooleanSearch for content. E.g. fire OR wildfire; fire NOT wildfire; fire AND wildfire. Phrases in quotations are also supported. The search seems to return stems and synonyms. Pretty good!
#PhotoResearcher
#VideoResearcher
#FilmResearcher
#DigitalAssetManagement #DAM
#keyword
@LionsPhil @nicuveo
Re #hashtags. We have a pinned toot about it, it's that important.
On fedi, use #milkshakeDuck, not simply 'milkshake duck'.
In addition to being able to import toots, there *does* need to be a way to do #booleanSearch for #hashtags.
eg. Either/or: #icecream #icecreme #gelato #gelati
Addition: #icecream #icecreme +#fediArt
Subtraction: #btc -#nft
It seems #MastodonDevs are more interested in shadowban functions and #antiFeatures like the #botFarmTimeline, tho.
To me, Mastodon is technically better than Twitter already.
Nice to have would be #BooleanSearches like "#HenryHoliday AND (#Snark OR #Boojum)".
#FeatureRequest #MastodonFeatureRequest #MastodonFeatures #MastodonImprovement #TwitterMigration #BooleanSearch
@scottjshapiro So it seems like on #Mastodon, you need to #hashtag all key words: so, "Maybe #Mastodon can buy #Twitter?" It's like early #Westlaw searches where you had to do your own #BooleanSearch
