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`

Tim Chambers @tchambers@indieweb.social

1/20/2026, 9:12:52 PM

Public

""Our 1 week-old social network has already become entangled with a Russian disinformation campaign.... The Fediverse Trust & Safety team...They're doing the Lord's work over there. They, they truly are. The ED of @iftas Jaz, wanted to alert us to the fact that the Forkiverse is what's called an open registration service, & [such servers] are being targeted by a pro-Russia propaganda network...named Portal Combat."

Via: Hard Fork
📻 An Update on the Forkiverse
🔗 https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork

Hard Fork

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