Hackers' Pub

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`

rakoo @rakoo@blah.rako.space

6/26/2025, 1:01:21 PM

Quiet public

@benpateBen Pate 🤘🏻

All agreed, but "a working C2s API" *is* ActivityPub. If a server doesn't allow its users to post outgoing events to their outbox, it doesn't speak ActivityPub, and it's a lie to pretend otherwise. Maybe that's something that could be fixed first.

In any case I believe both paths aren't mutually exclusive and your fep is certainly a good thing :)

@tchambersTim Chambers

Ben Pate 🤘🏻 @benpate@mastodon.social

6/26/2025, 1:42:14 PM

Quiet public

Yes, that would be nice. But I don’t think anyone is holding their breath waiting for C2S to be realistically usable.

For years, we’ve all just filled the gap in C2S with the Mastodon API, which isn’t great.

For the foreseeable future, we’re probably going to have a patchwork of overlapping solutions that all combine into a semi-coherent system. FEP-3b86 is one more patch in the tapestry.

@rakoo @tchambersTim Chambers

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://mastodon.social/users/benpate/statuses/114749953457047107 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)