So I am a bit confused over this ability to search. While the search function in #Mastodon has been very limited I have just repeated the same search on #Friendica and #Firefish and got lots of results compared to the same search on Mastodon.
These results have not been from posts that I have liked, boosted or commented on.
Have Friendica and Firefish always had a better search functionality than Mastodon?
Do they respect the option to not be included in searches?