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`

Laurens @laurenshof.online@bsky.brid.gy

1/28/2026, 5:36:09 PM

Public

helpful heuristic: actual active user statistics for Bluesky that accounts for lurkers is firehose-visible active users times two so actual MAU is around 12M, DAU around 3M bskycharts.edavis.dev/edavis.dev/b...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ragtjsm2j2vknwkz3zp4oxrd/post/3mdinjdne5k2o

graph showing user levels for bluesky, with 1.5M DAU and 5.8 MAU

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