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`

Evan Prodromou @evan@cosocial.ca

8/2/2025, 5:54:46 PM

Public

90% of people on this planet use languages with non-Latin or accented scripts. We should support international characters in usernames on the Fediverse so that people can use their own names or words in their own languages as their usernames.

https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-webfinger/issues/29

Tracking support for non-ascii characters · Issue #29 · swicg/activitypub-webfinger

One of the benefits of using Webfinger is that it's possible, at least in theory, to use non-ascii for usernames. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of services that support them -- at least accord...

github.com · GitHub

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