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`

reverse colexicographic Nora @noracodes@tenforward.social

3/20/2025, 2:50:47 PM

Public

Perhaps I should say here what I've said before in conversation with folks: I would actually love to join Bluesky, and I plan to do that.

Since the very early days of Mastodon being a thing, I could spin up a Mastodon server, and my friend could spin up a Mastodon server, and we could have a conversation without Eugen's infrastructure being involved.

So. I'm going to make a Bluesky-accessible account on the day I can connect with someone over ATProto, using the same UI and having a similar experience as someone using a "normal" (Bluesky-hosted) flow, without Bluesky-the-company, or any big company aside from those already implicated in Internet access in general, being involved.

Not *everyone*, some people are on bsky.network the same way some people are on mastodon.social, but *someone*. Today that's not possible, and to me, that's clearly a *centralized* system.

reverse colexicographic Nora @noracodes@tenforward.social

3/20/2025, 2:52:42 PM

Quiet public

But becoming active on weirder.earth again reminded me that the thing I love about the fediverse, much more than anything technical, is the social structures it enables and, even, encourages. It is not just necessary but *enjoyable* to have a little online community that shares the same little island in a sea of similar, but distinct, little communities. It's *fun*. So much else about the Internet doesn't feel fun anymore, and I mourn some of that whimsy.

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://tenforward.social/users/noracodes/statuses/114195324109484584 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)