I see that a recent PR (#2075) has removed the Explore functionality from the Search view. I'm requesting an option in the settings to revert that change, so that this decision can be determined by the user.

Whilst I understand the reasoning given (mainly expanded on here: #1301 (comment)) this was/is a core feature of Mastodon. Explore is the primary method on the platform for keeping up with breaking news, engaging in community discussions, and facilitating content discovery. This is particularly the case if you're on a mid-to-large-sized instance, where the Local and Federated timelines are often too busy to provide meaningful value.

Locking that functionality away behind a multi-step menu – particularly on mobile – is problematic.

I see that there is already ongoing discussion around making the mobile navigation (and perhaps all Homepage navigation) more customisable in the future (#641), but as this is a much larger change (with little interaction since January), I'd suggest a toggle would be a more immediate, beneficial solution.

This can be defaulted to "off" to preserve the original concerns around doomscrolling and cluttering up the Search interface, and would make sense to nest within the Wellbeing section of the Preferences panel. But for those of us who actively use, and benefit from, this feature, simply removing it feels like a regressive step to take.