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`

ProgressNow New Mexico @ProgressNowNM@social.progressnownm.org

2/6/2026, 6:54:37 PM

Public

About a year ago we setup our own Mastodon instance

Our team is not highly technical, but with Masto.host we were able to do it fairly easy – we may even self host eventually (TBD on that)

We have not regretted the decision, because even though Big Tech's social media apps & platforms can be hard to leave, they have only gotten worse in the last 12 months

Meta/FB/Instagram are over run with fake profiles, bots and #AISlop, TikTok is now suppressing our content, etc.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://social.progressnownm.org/users/ProgressNowNM/statuses/116025201624590659 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)