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`

Eugen Rochko @Gargron@mastodon.social

3/5/2026, 3:33:39 PM

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@evanEvan Prodromou @Aleumsmanic pixie donkey kong Is it really a mystery? It's the same word formation as "multiverse". And the last part of a compound word defines its nature, which is clearly a noun. Why not just say the fediverse is diverse? I've been saying that.

Christine Lemmer-Webber @cwebber@social.coop

3/5/2026, 3:35:28 PM

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@GargronEugen Rochko @evanEvan Prodromou @Aleumsmanic pixie donkey kong The origin, per my memory, is that the original phrase was "Identiverse", back in the days of identi.ca and StatusNet, to refer to the kind of communication happening on there. But then there were more and more StatusNet / OStatus nodes coming online, and people running other servers said it didn't make sense to call the wider federated network the "identiverse", so we should use "fediverse" as an alternative.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://social.coop/users/cwebber/statuses/116177300881671570 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)