Search
Use the Search tab (in the desktop app, People) to find people on DonutChat, follow them and start a chat. Chats, messages, articles and files each have their own search, listed in Search for other things.
Find people
Section titled “Find people”-
Open the Search tab.
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Type in Search for users. To find someone you don’t follow yet, type their username.
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Look under Following for people you follow and under Everyone for everyone else.
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Select a person to open their profile, or use the Follow or Message button on their row.
With the search field empty, Suggested lists popular people on DonutChat. If nobody matches, you see No users found and an Invite friends button for inviting someone who isn’t on DonutChat yet (see Invite friends to DonutChat).
Message opens your direct chat with the person, or starts one. To follow or unfollow, see Follow people.
In the desktop app, open People (⌘5 or Ctrl+5) > Find people and type in the search field. Results appear under Following and Others. With the field empty, Others shows suggested people. Each row has Message, Follow or Unfollow, and a More options menu with View profile and Block….
How matching works
Section titled “How matching works”- Everyone (desktop: Others) matches usernames only. Display names and email addresses aren’t searched.
- Following matches both the display names and the usernames of people you follow.
- Typing someone’s complete username finds them, even if they’ve turned off Show me in suggestions.
- People you’ve blocked, people who’ve blocked you, and deleted accounts never appear.
- On iPhone, Android and the web app, each section shows up to 20 people and Suggested shows up to 30. If you don’t see the person you want, type more of their username.
Choose whether you appear in suggestions
Section titled “Choose whether you appear in suggestions”Show me in suggestions (desktop app: Appear in suggested people) controls whether other people can come across you in Suggested and in search. It’s on by default. When it’s off, people who don’t follow you need your exact username to find you. To change it, see Choose who can find you.
Search for other things
Section titled “Search for other things”There’s no single search across DonutChat. Use the search in each place:
| To find | Where to search |
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| A chat | Chats > More > Search (desktop: the Search chats field). See Chats and groups. |
| Messages in a chat | Search messages inside the chat. See Search and pinned messages. |
| Topics and articles | Discover > Topics > Search topics and articles. Not in the desktop app. See Discover. |
| Photos, files and links shared in your chats | Activity > Shared (desktop: Saved > Files & links). See Share files and find shared content. |
| Saved messages and web pages | The search in Bookmarks. See Bookmarks. |