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`

Alex @alex@fedi.smith.geek.nz

3/21/2026, 9:21:41 AM

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@smallcircles🫧 socialcoding.. @MichalBryxiMichal Bryxí @evanEvan Prodromou would be awesome if there was an actual in protocol solution instead of punishing very small instances for being small and distributed - but there isn't.

The NoBot isn't app specific fwiw, it's pretty standard.

🫧 socialcoding.. @smallcircles@social.coop

3/21/2026, 9:35:16 AM

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@alex @MichalBryxiMichal Bryxí @evanEvan Prodromou

> The NoBot isn't app specific fwiw, it's pretty standard.

"pretty" boils down to de-facto standard, or rather it became a sorta kinda requirement by means of post-facto #interoperability. In other words: Who comes first, and popularizes some custom app-specific extension, becomes owner of that part of the spec that is now considered protocol-native.

#NoBot is app-specific too. Or Microblogging domain-specific perhaps, albeit implicitly then.

When it comes to considering it standard, we talk about accepting #ActivityPub protocol decay. Specifically:

- Considering the way account profiles are handled to be part of the protocol.
- To handle special control words (or just #NoBot) in the profile text.

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116113963712755122

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