> Call me when the Fediverse has a search function that actually fucking works.

Actually that's a feature. If search doesn't work, there is less incentive for bots polluting others people searches.

On the other hand, search works so bad than even connecting to people you know on other networks is painful.

I have entirely different experiences and I haven't seen much hating — but having read this, perhaps indeed mastodon isn't for you :-)