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

2/13/2026, 1:34:36 AM

Public

I had a bad day on the Fediverse yesterday.

I asked a poll question, and I got a lot of replies answering a different question than the one I asked. It was frustrating, since the question was important to me, and it was a conversation I wanted to have.

I realized that it's up to me to make my questions clear, so I took it down. I'm going to take some time to reformulate in a way that's unambiguous.

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