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`

Christine Lemmer-Webber @cwebber@social.coop

1/14/2026, 4:25:25 PM

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@heluechtMichael 🇺🇦 @evanEvan Prodromou I'm also glad sharedInbox exists!

The issue I had with sharedInbox was that I was proposing that it should respect the actor model for delivery and we could do this by the posting server adding an HTTP header which listed all the intended recipients. However, Mastodon's devs said "no, we're already tracking the follow lists ourselves so we'd rather use our own information"

And I conceded to that at last minute because we needed to get the spec out. This lead to several issues!

Christine Lemmer-Webber @cwebber@social.coop

1/14/2026, 4:27:46 PM

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@heluechtMichael 🇺🇦 @evanEvan Prodromou delivering to an "instance" and expecting that the instance can infer who should get the message means that the delivering side isn't as in control of where the messages go, it violates the actor model, and precluded several possible directions for a more capability-oriented model which I think the fediverse should have pursued. I don't think "inferred recipients" is a good design. The poster (or more accurately, the addressed collection) knows best its recipient list.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://social.coop/users/cwebber/statuses/115894391030244400 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)