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`

Christine Lemmer-Webber @cwebber@social.coop

3/5/2026, 3:36:27 PM

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@GargronEugen Rochko @Aleumsmanic pixie donkey kong I wonder @evanEvan Prodromou if you still have a database dump of the original identi.ca database? I bet we could find the origin in there somewhere

Evan Prodromou @evan@cosocial.ca

3/5/2026, 3:51:38 PM

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@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber @GargronEugen Rochko @Aleumsmanic pixie donkey kong yes, and last time I did this exercise, the term was in use without a definition on identi.ca. I think @laurelrusswurmLaurel L Russwurm 💉💉💉💉💉 was one of the first users. Regardless, unlike "blog", there wasn't an obvious proposal to use the term.

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