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`

Paolo Melchiorre @paulox@fosstodon.org

12/31/2025, 1:32:34 AM

Public

I’ve realized that many posts and photos from conferences I shared before joining Mastodon (2019) are now basically trapped on Twitter/X.

They still exist, but accessing them has become difficult.

I’m considering moving to a self-hosted Mastodon instance and importing some old tweets to “free” them.

Has anyone tried this?
Any guides or tools to recommend? 👀

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SelfHosting #OpenWeb #Twitter #X

My badge for PyCon Italia 2018 printed over a floppy disk.

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