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

2/20/2026, 12:14:55 AM

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@kopperkopper @gugurumbeVivien (toujours dans le déni) sorry, I don't understand your point.

`attributedTo` has always had a range of `Object` or `Link`. The `Link` type has always had a `name` property.

I agree, HTTP Signature suuucks for us. I think the best we can do is double-knock and cache the results. I don't think that process has even started that much.

Evan Prodromou @evan@cosocial.ca

2/20/2026, 12:15:45 AM

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@kopperkopper @gugurumbeVivien (toujours dans le déni)

I agree, no one should rewrite their Mastodon API clients. The ActivityPub API is good for supporting different kinds of social interactions and activity types. Servers can support more than one API. Thankfully, the ActivityPub API is pretty light if you already support the federation protocol.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116100074410346995 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)