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`

mcc @mcc@mastodon.social

1/6/2026, 6:38:27 PM

Public

Opinion: Cloud software / online services really, really, *really* need to plan in a specific model primitive for "this user is dead"

mcc @mcc@mastodon.social

1/6/2026, 6:41:05 PM

Public

The modern notion of a website with user accounts stems from like 2000 and many of those websites are still in use. Over the course of 25 years, some number of people die. That is a thing that occurs. Websites do not understand death. Websites are a four year old child and they believe this user just hasn't signed on in awhile, and will someday come back. Websites are constantly attempting to involve dead people in activities. At a certain point, four-year-old behavior stops feeling cute.

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