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, 7:43:38 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…

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org

4/14/2025, 7:49:14 PM

Public

Mostly, I’m thinking of building a community platform project that can offer the following things:

Search / Discovery of Groups across the Threadiverse
An Events calendar
A directory of Fediverse apps, platforms, businesses, and services
The ability for people to rate and review those things.
An aggregated news feed covering people writing about the Fediverse
A marketplace where people can buy and sell things.
A knowledgebase / wiki / learning system

This sounds like a lot, but most of what I’m describing have existing Fediverse platforms today. It’s not too crazy to make something compatible with all of them.

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