`indexable` and `discoverable` attributes for users and communities
Author: FurblandChannelCreated Sep 1, 2026Updated Sep 9, 2026
Labelsenhancementarea: federation
Requirements
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Is your proposal related to a problem?
At the moment, neither Lemmy communities nor users (nor their posts/comments) can be searched for on platforms such as Mastodon
Describe the solution you'd like.
At the moment, you can search for posts, communities, and users on e.g. other Lemmy instances, but not from (for example) Mastodon, because the actors lack the toot:indexable and toot:discoverable attributes set to true. Adding these attributes to both users and communities would allow them to be searched for more easily on platforms that implement said attributes, and would allow for them to appear in search results on services such as Holos Discover.
Describe alternatives you've considered.
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Additional context
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