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, 7:49:14 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.

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org

4/14/2025, 8:04:27 PM

Public

Some prior art to consider compatibility with:

Events: Mobilizon, Gancio, Friendica family tree
Directory/Reviews: maybe NeoDB?
News aggregation: Patchwork from Newsmast?
Marketplace: Flohmarkt?
Wiki: Ibis?

Idk, just some ideas.

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