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`

DeeAnn Little @chillicampari@layer8.space

2/19/2026, 9:38:10 PM

Public

Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media by @rwgRobert W. Gehl

ActivityPub: Programming for the Social Web by @evanEvan Prodromou

Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life by @ntnsndrNathan Schneider

Is that a good start already or is there something I am missing?

#fediverse #askfedi #activitypub

Evan Prodromou @evan@cosocial.ca

2/19/2026, 9:50:28 PM

Public

@chillicampariDeeAnn Little @rwgRobert W. Gehl @ntnsndrNathan Schneider More Awesome Than Money is a good read. It's about an earlier era in the social web but a lot of the vibes are there. A lot of people who went on to make ActivityPub are discussed in the book.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/309188/more-awesome-than-money-by-jim-dwyer/

More Awesome Than Money by Jim Dwyer: 9780143127895 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Can Facebook be trusted with your data? Years ahead of their time, Diaspora tried to do better. This is their David-versus-Goliath effort to build a revolutionary social network that would give us back...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com · PenguinRandomhouse.com

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