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`

Encyclia @encyclia@fietkau.social

11/12/2025, 5:03:51 PM

Public

RE: https://vmst.io/@mergebot/115537656505836666

One Encyclia alpha tester asked about a situation where making a trivial change to an old publication would insert it at the top of the followers' feeds.

This appears to have been an unintended behavior in Mastodon, where a federated update to an old object would appear as new if the object was not known to the Mastodon server beforehand.

Going by the below Mastodon code change, this problem should be fixed in Mastodon 4.6.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://fietkau.social/users/encyclia/statuses/115537807354973758 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)