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

3/6/2026, 10:51:18 PM

Public

RE: https://frankwiles.social/@frank/116182374981449512

One thing missing here is the nature of Free Software.

Linux or other free OSs are developed all over the world by people of all ages.

If a single state or country wants user identification (they say age verification) in OSs, that rule only applies there.

The code is free and anyone elsewhere can fork it, remove that anti-feature and rebuild the system without it.

Regulations that assume one entity can controls free OSs don’t really fit how global and decentralized free software actually is.

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