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Blue Skies Over Mastodon (with Erin Kissane and Tim Bray)

Oxide and Friends

CHAPTER

The Importance of Full-Text Search

Mastodon is an alternate web client that allows users to opt in or out of full-text search. The site has been criticized for being too popular with hipsters, but it's also used by people who need a sense of identity. Jay Parini says the team at Mastodon are very thoughtful and transparent about what they're doing. He adds he was glad not to be working for them because their jobs were so hard.

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