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

3/8/2026, 4:54:12 PM

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@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber @laurenshof There's also no reason whatsoever that any server needs to drop its support for the Mastodon API to implement the ActivityPub API. They're not mutually exclusive. Mastodon already implements almost all of the read-only part of the ActivityPub API; they really don't need to do a lot get the read-write portion working.

Evan Prodromou @evan@cosocial.ca

3/8/2026, 4:59:15 PM

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@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber @laurenshof we also don't have to wait for the Mastodon team to implement the ActivityPub API to use it with Mastodon. It could be implemented by an external group and merged into Mastodon. It could live in a fork like Hometown.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116194617302140156 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)