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!Friendica Support

I'm not sure if this is a settings problem, an node problem, or a Friendica problem, but I get very different search results from using the web-ui (Frio theme w/ BookFace style) and an app (Raccoon for Friendica) on the same account.

From the web-ui, unless I search for a specific account ('user@server.name'), I can only search for other Friendica users. Here's me searching for me ('@breakfastmtn'):

However, if I search using Raccoon, I can see my many other accounts across the Fediverse:

So from the web-ui, I can only discover Friendica accounts which is less than ideal. Is there a setting I'm not seeing to change this? Should I talk to my admin? Thanks in advance! 😀

Similar bonus problem: I never receive notifications for new follows in the web-ui. If not for the Raccoon app, I'd never know when I had a new follower. All desktop notification settings are enabled -- although it looks like the 'introduction' settings all apply to email.

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@Adam I find many "@Adam"s when I search on my Friendica in the web ui, also from Mastodon. but I don't know why you don't
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@xy.. are you searching for "breakfastmtn" or "adam"? Friendica converts it to my name from my username. I was searching for the former. If I search for the latter, I get a bunch of Adams -- including myself -- though they're all on Friendica.
@xy..

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@xy.. Well, if you're seeing results from Mastodon, I guess it's not a Friendica issue. That leaves settings issue or instance issue. Thanks!
@xy..

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@Adam yes, 10 pages of results.. maybe your admin can look in the admin section for options, maybe "contact discovery" or similar but I'm not sure
@Adam
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@Adam .. I think its important to search for @Adam including the @ sign.. not sure if you did that
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@xy.. Yep. I just didn't include it in the last message to keep Friendica from changing "@ breakfastmtn" to "@ adam".
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