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`

James Thomson @jamesthomson@mastodon.social

6/23/2025, 3:38:49 PM

Public

This is the least important thing happening in the world right now, but I am still getting followed by tons of bots a day on Mastodon, that all fit the same pattern of having zero followers, and following exactly 40 people. Usually the same combination of people, including @stroughtonsmithSteve Troughton-Smith, @siracusaJohn Siracusa, @marcoarment, and sometimes @GargronEugen Rochko himself.

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