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

2/18/2026, 11:32:16 PM

Public

Why do I care so much about this? A few reasons.

One, I don’t want to have a dozen different accounts across separate types of applications on the same network. I really hate that, it’s messy and does nothing to unify my identity across all the spaces I’m active on.

Two, a seamless login across the entire network could be very powerful for discovery. Instead of having to find people to follow on Pixelfed and PeerTube, the folks I’m already connected to would already be there, right when I sign in.

Three, we could develop a new generation of rich clients that all do really different things, but all tie back to a singular identity. “Sign In With ActivityPub” could work for the entire network, and it wouldn’t have to be a hack using Mastodon’s API.

Sean Tilley @deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org

2/18/2026, 11:35:10 PM

Public

Finally, I think there are some serious improvements we can bring to fill the gaps that the current spec is missing. What if we had a standard endpoint for notifications?

Suppose we also developed a standard way of doing timelines as well, and used it as a springboard for custom feeds that could work with any app, any client, and any server?

There’s a lot of useful stuff we could do here to make the whole thing extremely compelling for anyone building on this network.

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