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`

Simon Elvery @simon@bne.social

2/22/2026, 12:48:38 AM

Public

I imagine this depends on the platform to some degree, but I have an #ActivityPub question: Is the home timeline chronological on post publish or when your instance becomes aware of the post?

For context, @postssw'as — still practising sometimes publishes a post with a publish time well in the past, for instance right now the most recent post delivered to followers (delivered just now) has a publish time which was 18 hours ago. Does this show up in your feed now, or never get seen because the feed files it away chronologically with all the other 18 hour ago posts?

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://bne.social/users/simon/statuses/116111528331316482 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)