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`

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org

4/14/2025, 7:39:41 PM

Public

Kind of a weird thought I’ve been kicking around…

So, it’s possible to use the Mastodon API for sign-in and authentication, right?

Would it be possible to leverage a remote Mastodon account as a user account in a Web app, then give it the ability to create an Activity within the app, without creating a Note on Mastodon?

I’ve been kind of thinking about having an app where people can sign in and submit Event activities to a Group. I don’t want to create a bunch of Actor accounts, but I don’t mind the idea of having a Group Actor delegate on behalf of signed-in users with MastoAPI.

If this sounds like “Poor Man’s c2s”, yeah, that’s basically it.

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org

4/14/2025, 7:43:38 PM

Public

It sounds like I’d still have to create user accounts locally, if only to properly represent delegation of actions and fight against spam. But, the idea of automatically creating an account on successful authentication doesn’t sound too ridiculous.

But, those accounts don’t have to be Actors themselves. A Group admin could review submitted Events, and approve them, and the resulting create / announce activities could use the Group Actor as the author…

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://social.wedistribute.org/objects/66dd22f6-7591-498c-876e-b0b513c7016c on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)