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`

Joe Brockmeier (jzb) @jzb@hachyderm.io

2/9/2026, 2:56:00 PM

Public

RE: https://fedi.lwn.net/@lwn/116041210302190013

Sometimes I daydream about a world where the old-school* web and FOSS folks decamp from the web as it is right now and set up shop on lesser-used protocols like Gemini or Gopher, IRC, and text-based email and leave the wreckage of the adware, scraperbot infested web behind...

* Not just greybeards like myself -- think of it as the "Vinyl Web" for anybody who just wants to make cool things and have interesting discussions. People of all ages welcome...

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