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fix search description based on release 2.3.0 (#650)

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Alex Schroeder 2018-07-17 15:21:42 +02:00 committed by Eugen Rochko
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Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md
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@ -166,9 +166,11 @@ You can use the search for the following:
* **People** - If you search for `@username`, the search will show you anyone known to your instance with that username, which could include people on other instances. You can search more accurately with `@username@instance`, which will return anyone with that name and instance even if they are not known to your instance yet. You can click the search result to view that person's profile. If you search for the URL of someone's profile, such as `http://instan.ce/@username`, it will do the same thing - but it will also update someone's avatar, bio, and follower/following statistics if they are out of date on your instance.
* **Toots** - If your instance allows it, you can search for toots you've written, boosted, favourited or were mentioned in. The search function on Mastodon is deliberately limited to prevent abuse; it intentionally doesn't allow searching *all* toots.
* **Toot URLs** - Typing in the URL of a specific toot into the search box and pressing enter will return that toot, allowing you to save it, reply to it or boost it. This will also make a toot "known" to your instance, bringing it into its federated timeline and, if it contains hashtags, any hashtag searches made by someone on your instance. You can click the toot to open it and view replies and favourite/boost numbers.
In order to start a search, just type into the search box in the Compose column and hit *enter*. Results will pop up directly below the search box. Typing in a plaintext word will return any hashtags containing that word, as well as any people with that word in their username or display name or instance name. For example, typing `nonbinary` may return:
In order to start a search, just type into the search box in the Compose column and hit *enter*. Results will pop up directly below the search box. Typing in a plaintext word will return any toots you've written, boosted, favourited or were mentioned in containing that word, hashtags containing that word, as well as any people with that word in their username, display name or instance name. For example, typing `nonbinary` may return:
* Nonbinary Friend (`@hannah@instance`)
* Hannah (`@nonbinaryfriend@instance`)
@ -176,8 +178,6 @@ In order to start a search, just type into the search box in the Compose column
* `#nonbinary`
* `#nonbinaryheroes`
The search function on Mastodon is deliberately limited to prevent abuse; it intentionally doesn't allow plaintext searches.
## Privacy, Safety and Security
Mastodon has a number of advanced security, privacy and safety features over more public networks such as Twitter. Particularly the privacy controls are fairly granular; this section will explain how these features work.