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How to effectively search the Fediverse? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by am0@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org
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Hello all. Like many new users, I am a reddit refugee. Please forgive me if this isn't the best community for my question; I am still learning my way around here.

I am used to google searching "[THING] site:reddit.com" when I want to see the opinions of real people on a topic rather than the flood of clickbait articles you get nowadays with Google.

What is the best way to execute this type of search within the Fediverse rather than Reddit?

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[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Just to follow up here.

Mojeek can search multiple sites at the same time and create a filter bubble thing.

Most search engines use the site: operator so focus on one site. Mojeek Focus lets you create a set of sites to search. If you plug in a bunch of Lemmy instances you can sort of search across instances.

For example, I used the following to search across a few instances:

{"lemmy":"i=beehaw.org,lemmy.ml,lemmy.world,feddit.de,sh.itjust.works,sopuli.xyz"} (you can Restore that on the Focus dashboard to use the same filter, and add to it as well).

screenshot: Mojeek Focus searching for "Debian"

Not great, but it complements the available built-in search.