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`

Wouter Tebbens ⁂ @Wtebbens@social.coop

3/19/2026, 9:50:04 AM

Public

Recently the Norwegian Consumer Council Forbrukerradet published a report and a fun video about #Enshittification, the terrible process of BigTech locking in users, and then businesses while making worse and worse the service itself.

This week reported by the @guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway-rails-against-enshittifcation-deliberate-tech-deterioration

Report: https://storage02.forbrukerradet.no/media/2026/02/breaking-free-pathways-to-a-fair-technological-future.pdf

Video of the "Enshittificator" about to attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ

cc @DigitalCoupDigital Coup or Tech Coup

Picture of the video showing the Enshittificator under the bed of a (male?) person putting his socks on, while the Enshittificator is about to attack and cut a hole in the sock.

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