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`

Lindsey Kuper @lindsey@recurse.social

11/28/2025, 8:55:10 AM

Public

I've been hearing the phrase "strong opinions, weakly held" a lot lately, and it's been confusing me, because I always thought "strong opinion" just meant "strongly held opinion". What is a "strong opinion", if not that?

That led me to thinking about the phrase "strong reject". I guess these sentences *could* have distinct meanings:

(1) My *strongly held opinion* is that this submission should be rejected.

(2) My opinion is that this submission should be *strongly rejected*.

But do they?

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