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`

Luke T. Shumaker @lukeshu@social.coop

4/27/2025, 5:07:48 PM

Public

I mostly follow people, not hashtags. If I follow you out of nowhere, it probably means that someone I follow boosted one of your toots, and I liked it. So I follow lots of friend-of-acquaintances.

Very-specific hashtags are usually fine, but many of them are way too spammy. Like, # linux is unbearable.

#feditips? Or maybe I'm the one using Mastodon wrong.

(Copy of a 2023-12-25 pinned post from my old account)

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