juxtapose: I'm not happy with how Mastodon abbreviates Mastodon to mstdn. For me it looks like Microsoft Technical Developer Network or something

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`

juxtapose @xt@hackers.pub

5/15/2025, 1:15:55 PM

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I'm not happy with how Mastodon abbreviates Mastodon to mstdn. For me it looks like Microsoft Technical Developer Network or something

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juxtapose @xt@hackers.pub

5/15/2025, 1:22:16 PM

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I mean you've done all the hard work for free open decentralized social networking platform right?

and you're like one ~~inch~~ centimeter away from branding yourself this

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) @reiver@mastodon.social

5/15/2025, 2:17:48 PM

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@xtjuxtapose

I wonder how many regular (non- software developers) are even aware of MSDN.

I suspect almost none of them.