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

1/23/2026, 6:17:54 PM

Public

There's a line from the infamous "Frozen Peas" audio by Orson Welles that I think about a lot:

"Isn't that the fun of it?"

Orson was being kind of an asshole in that thing but for some reason the line remains in my mind, especially when people excitedly show me AI-generated stuff and say and look, I didn't have to do any of the creative stuff!

Well, isn't that the fun of it?

Is this really want we want? To make a world where people don't participate in creativity?

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