The #fedisearch debacle I didn't know about[1] until I read the "Mastodon is designed to be antiviral"[2] makes me glad I didn't participate in it.
Federation as specified is literally data replication. Established masto hosters offer elastic search. When your posts end up on an instance with elastic search, the instance users get full text search of your posts. You have no control over where your posts end up. Deal with it.
[1]: https://nitter.it/ShortFormErnie/status/1590186954830024705
[2]: https://scribe.rip/m/global-identity?redirectUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fuxdesign.cc%2Fmastodon-is-antiviral-design-42f090ab8d51
Relevant: https://social.doma.dev/@jonn/109353601095425634
@jonn I tried setting up elastic search on my test server. Was such a pain I gave up on it :Þ
@nafnlaus I tried setting up #KeyCloak on a server. Ended up making my own #AAA system based on #VerifiableCredentials. Java software, innit.
But I'll learn to set up ES some day. It's not something that one can trivially rewrite.
