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`

Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq@mastodon.social

9/26/2025, 4:24:05 PM

Public

This is the key that makes ATProto such a winner for data ownership.

You own the data. The apps, platforms, and services that everyone uses only augment it.

You get to choose where your source of truth lives. Everything else is just distribution.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fpruhuo22xkm5o7ttr2ktxdo/post/3lzqs3jmttc2a

This has deep implications for the lifecycle of products. If a product gets shut down, the data doesn’t disappear. It’s still in its users’ repos. Someone can build a replacement that makes this data comes back to life. Someone can build a new product that incorporates some of that data, or lets users choose what to import. Someone can build an alternative projection of existing data—a forked product.

Anuj Ahooja @quillmatiq@mastodon.social

9/26/2025, 4:27:37 PM

Public

I know there's a lot of confusion here about the separation of ATProto and Bluesky, but this is the major difference between ActivityPub and ATProto that has people excited. You don't have to love it, but separating data ownership from everything else is something we need to focus on here.

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