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`

洪民憙 (Hong Minhee) @hongminhee@hollo.social

5/13/2025, 9:21:30 AM

Public

As #Fedify's author, I'm contemplating its adoption beyond Ghost's #ActivityPub implementation. Finding potential users for ActivityPub tools seems challenging—perhaps I'm addressing a very niche need?

While the technical complexity of ActivityPub makes tools like Fedify valuable, I wonder about the actual market demand for federation outside specific communities.

Open, decentralized systems make sense to many developers, but businesses often prefer closed ecosystems that align with traditional models.

Still, I see potential as the #fediverse grows and digital sovereignty concerns increase. Fedify aims to lower the technical barriers to federation.

I'm curious: Which projects would benefit most from Fedify today? What would make federation compelling enough for platforms to implement?

Would appreciate perspectives from both developers and platform owners.

bgl gwyng @bgl@hackers.pub

5/13/2025, 9:30:00 AM

Public

@hongminhee洪民憙 (Hong Minhee) As a developer building a service that is planned to join the fediverse, I'm still uncertain about what the timeline should look like in the fediverse app. Why do users need multiple apps with each timeline sharing some of their content? When you have multiple email accounts, then you might need a single email client that supports all of them at the same time. In which aspect fediverse differs from this situation?

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://hackers.pub/ap/notes/0196c8fa-c642-7ab4-bfe6-a06c60e3d55e on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)