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`

Neil Brown @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk

12/6/2025, 1:23:29 PM

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I don't want to interact with Pixelfed, or GoToSocial, or Mastodon, or whatever.

I want to interact with *people*, whatever server / instance they are using.

Whether someone posts only photos, or long form text, or music, or whatever.

Sure, I might choose to filter things *my* side, or group people together into lists, but the server someone is on should be irrelevant.

IMHO.

c.f. https://ploum.net/2025-12-04-pixelfed-against-fediverse.html

Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on?

Ploum - Lionel Dricot · Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on? par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

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Link author: ploum@ploum@mamot.fr

Werawelt @werawelt@social.tchncs.de

12/6/2025, 6:57:43 PM

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@neilNeil Brown
The #Fediverse is more than just the #ActivityPub protocol. Diaspora, for example, does not use it and yet belongs to the Fediverse and it is one of the oldest service in the Fediverse.
Fediverse means that instances federate. There are different services: Mastodon, Pixelfed, Diaspora, Friendica, etc. See image.
This diversity has grown bottom up and is also desired by many users of the services. However, there is an app that captures much accounts and displays it in one timeline on the app. This is the Fedilab app: https://fedilab.app/ @appsFedilab Apps

Since more people are coming to the Fediverse from commercial central platforms, there is often a desire to see everything with one account. For example, the topic was discussed intensively here (in German): https://mstdn.social/@bsi@social.bund.de/115310271673721787

Fediverse-Services in a tree with different protocols
source: https://axbom.com/fediverse/

If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://social.tchncs.de/users/werawelt/statuses/115674150584699938 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)