Did you know you can easily search through your own Mastodon posts?

Just include from:me in the search field.

Instead of this, you can include in:library to show posts you have interacted with or written yourself.

If you want to search through posts of a specific user, include from:username (e.g. from:@metin)

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@metin This doesn't seem to work on my instance but maybe I have spaces in the wrong place?

And when you say from:me is that literally the phrasing or ishould I replace the me with my Mastodon name?

@Kay It's simple from:me , and there shouldn't be space in the mentioned operators or usernames.

Here's a page where you can read more info:

https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-search-for-stuff-on-mastodon/

@metin Thanks for the page link.

It says no spaces so would that mean
from:meSearchTerm? It seems more intuitive to put
from:me SearchTerm but that may be wrong.

Actual examples on layout help.

FWIW I'm old enough to have learnt coding by punching holes in cards. One space wrong and a programme wouldn't run.

@Kay A space is needed between an operator, such as from:me, and the search keyword(s).

For example:

from:me love

@metin Thanks for clarifying too. I'm always relieved if the answer to something not working is because Computer Says No, rather than me being unable to follow simple instructions (which sometimes happens).