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`

Steve Bate @steve@social.technoetic.com

2/11/2026, 10:45:31 AM

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@smallcircles🫧 socialcoding.. @jerger @mariusormarius I meant "generic" primarily to mean it's not a client for a specific server implementation. In this case, it is a C2S testing client so it is not specific to a particular user domain either. In the first sense of "generic", I could imagine a media publishing app (images, videos) that's not tied specifical to PixelFed or PeerTube (as examples). Or a "generic" microblogging app. The latter is where the Note to Article conversion would probably be an issue.

🫧 socialcoding.. @smallcircles@social.coop

2/11/2026, 10:56:01 AM

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@steveSteve Bate @jerger @mariusormarius

Guess this is a general area where due to the lack of clear protocol layering there's much confusion in overall terminology usage.

The whole idea of an "app" is not part of #ActivityPub itself. It is a leaked abstraction on what devs think they offer ("I build an app for my users").

There is no "generic" microblogging app, unless there exists an agreement for the specification of said app. PixelFed is a spec, PeerTube is another spec in different domain. A generic microblogging app would live where? As FEP? Collection of FEP's? W3C Note giving a 'specification profile'?

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