Can't find bsky-user's in app-

[Pka78]

I tried to search through the application for a user with a certain ID: akuuttigeriatri.bsky.social. It was noticed that users can't be found through the application, with browser can be searched using NICK or username.

Some users i can find, usually if account is pretty old - but mainly i dont find them. I have also received some reports that my account pka78.bsky.social can't be found trough app, but you can find trough web-page.
I think this problem could be easily reproduce, just try to find any user that you haven't followed / signed and user doesn't follow you.

[Soulflare3]

Also experiencing this one seemingly randomly, both via web and android app, though not always both at once. Sometimes, if I search for a user by name or handle they do not appear in search results on either the posts or users tab. If I click on a link either in-app or externally to their profile, the profile loads normally.

This seems to be mitigated somewhat on PC as the "live" search can sometimes find these accounts, but if you actually hit enter and go to the search page they are not found.

Example putting in a full handle and hitting search:

Live search finding the account as I'm typing (but not the search page)

Another example, same situation

[pfrazee]

Yeah we're working on this. Pretty irritating to be sure

[mschwendener]

(same as #715, I think)

[mschwendener]

I think this can be closed as solved.

I'm not finding basoon, but this must be because the account has been deleted/renamed.

Working fine for me now, also for akuuttigeriatri and isaacyote, the examples from others' posts.

[pfrazee]

Cool Cool

[jesusib]

I don't think this issue is fully resolved, guys :(

I can't find a lot of people I have in that other social network

[surfdude29]

@jesusib FYI I posted about this here as I'm also not able to find that user in search, and they don't appear in autocomplete either:

https://bsky.app/profile/surfdude29.ispost.ing/post/3l7lmtzc5de2c

[surfdude29]

@jesusib From the thread above, the explanation as to why the user isn't showing up in search etc is that they don't have a profile record. Profile records have been automatically created when a user signs up in the official app since February 2024.

However, @skaldothor.bsky.social signed up in October 2023 and seems not to have updated their profile since then. The explanation of how they can fix this comes from one of the devs, @esb.lol:

yeah it's this — our onboarding creates a profile record for users, but folks signing up through other apps or through the API may not have a profile record

they can bump it by editing their display name or other profile info and saving it again, that will get them indexed in search

So for instance, just editing their display name to "skaldothor" would be enough to create a profile record and get them indexed; they don't have to write anything in their bio or upload an avatar.

[akaimizu1]

I tried doing the same. I had friends who were searching for me and couldn't find me. I literally have to share a direct link to my profile in order for them to find me. But I'm not showing up in any searches. I'm an early BlueSky adopter, and I Edited my Profile, today, multiple times. I still don't seem to show up in people's search. Does it take a day for it to get indexed?

[Soulflare3]

I tried doing the same. I had friends who were searching for me and couldn't find me. I literally have to share a direct link to my profile in order for them to find me. But I'm not showing up in any searches. I'm an early BlueSky adopter, and I Edited my Profile, today, multiple times. I still don't seem to show up in people's search. Does it take a day for it to get indexed?

if your username is akaimizu on bsky as well, it is showing in search

(Assuming this is correct because of this post, but please correct me if needed)

[akaimizu1]

Thank you. It is showing up now. I guess it really did take time for the indexing to happen.