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`

Andy Piper @andypiper@macaw.social

3/17/2026, 9:44:52 AM

Public

@ml @_elenaElena Rossini 📍 FOSDEM I have mine behind Aurelia so only I can use my own searXNG

Ben Hardill @ben@bluetoot.hardill.me.uk

3/17/2026, 9:48:53 AM

Public

@andypiper @ml @_elenaElena Rossini 📍 FOSDEM

I got hit by this as well last week, 30% of all hits from the bot in the last 14 days.

I've not had any response from the email address they published on their bot page, so all those requests are getting 301'd to 100GiB gzip bomb for now

https://blog.hardill.me.uk/2026/03/12/wtf-facebook-doing/

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