Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Kevin Beaumont @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social

5/12/2025, 11:43:29 AM

Public

I don’t know enough about how to solution this to open it on GitHub, but I suspect Mastodon needs to centrally have something in place to stop GenAI scraping as it’s definitely happening at scale and impacting performance.

It doesn’t need to be perfect, as there’s no perfect way.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://cyberplace.social/users/GossiTheDog/statuses/114494682561249563 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)