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`

Ed Bilodeau @edbilodeau@mastodon.social

2/6/2026, 3:27:06 PM

Public

RE: https://glammr.us/@spagotto/116024075867770850

As another commenter pointed out, this is likely a change made in response to scraping of metadata (see: OCLC lawsuit against Anna's Archive, etc). However I suspect it would be trivial for a scraper to create a WorldCat account and then proceed with harvesting metadata from the site. Maybe this change is just to establish the context that the metadata is not a free resource for anyone to access online?

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