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`

ploum @ploum@mamot.fr

12/4/2025, 10:49:32 AM

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This post will not appear in the timeline of most Pixelfed users.

Because considered at "not pretty enough" for them (despite the great illustration by @davidrevoy )

It worth asking the question:

Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on?

https://ploum.net/2025-12-04-pixelfed-against-fediverse.html

Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on?

Ploum - Lionel Dricot · Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on? par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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Link author: ploum@ploum@mamot.fr

Helge @helge@mymath.rocks

12/4/2025, 1:29:32 PM

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I think you are making a correct observation here:

You post something, you expect your followers to see it.
Fediverse insiders know that the above statements has caveats. Pixelfed only shows your post if it contains an image. Mastodon doesn't show your object if it is of type Place or Recipe.

From a technical standpoint: This is expected. From a user perspective, it's weird. A lot of work will be needed to get the Fediverse to be more user friendly here.

I do not know what the exact solution would be. Parts of it would certainly be being able to determine if an application can parse something. FEP-67ff: FEDERATION.md being adopted by pixelfed could be a first step towards it. In particular, if somebody would implement my plan to parse all these files.

FEP-67ff: FEDERATION.md - Fediverse Enhancement Proposals

FEDERATION.md is a file containing information necessary for achieving interoperability with a federated service. It was originally proposed by Darius Kazemi on SocialHub forum in Documenting federation behavior in a semi-standard way? topic.

helge.codeberg.page

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