Hey @julian@community.nodebb.org I'm currently experimenting with a NodeBB setup that has ActivityPub enabled.
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@deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org sorry for the delay! I'm vacationing in Mexico with the fam post-FOSDEM (not entirely my plan to make them back to back, but that's how things fell into place!)
Will respond separately to your original post.
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@julian@community.nodebb.org Hey, no problem! I think the biggest stumbling block was understanding how federation works. For example, if my forum has ActivityPub enabled, and I create a category, do I have to do anything to fetch it from another platform?
The answer is that federation works automatically, and the category shortname is what's used for a federation lookup. So "announcements" becomes @announcements@forum.wedistribute.org.
It's mostly little things like that, spelling out the standard behavior and explaining outcomes. I'd be happy to contribute documentation as I continue to use NodeBB!
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@deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org Any user (of any type) can submit posts to a category. They need only mention the category.
e.g. Mention @testing-ground here, and when received by NodeBB, it should automatically be slotted in that category.
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@deadsuperhero@social.wedistribute.org
I just looked at your wedistribute.org website, and it looks great
What software / system are you using for that main page?Edit, answering my own question, having done Inspect, it seems your site is on wordpress. Looks very smart
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@julian For a lot of people, the standard flow is to copy someone's handle, go back to their home base on Mastodon or Hubzilla or whatever, and follow or connect with them. Making the handle visible on the NodeBB UI would help people who use that flow.
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@freamon You also have the Hubzilla example, which shows the entire handle below the user's display name.
For example, mine shows up as:
Scott M. Stolz
scott@loves.tech
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@julian Another thing to consider is that showing handles is a good way to prevent spoofing or identity confusion. That way you can tell the difference between julian@community,nodebb.org and julian@example.com. The fact that the domain is different alerts the user that this is not the same Julian.
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@julian Another thing to consider is that showing handles is a good way to prevent spoofing or identity confusion. That way you can tell the difference between julian@community,nodebb.org and julian@example.com. The fact that the domain is different alerts the user that this is not the same Julian.This is not the same Julian. This is Julian from Hubzilla Monster. I want cookies. Nom Nom Nom.
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@julian I know, but I was too lazy to start a new topic. :winking_face_with_tongue:
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@julian I know, but I was too lazy to start a new topic. :winking_face_with_tongue:Speaking of which, I keep forgetting how to create a new topic. Are the handles for that exposed anywhere on NodeBB?
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Speaking of which, I keep forgetting how to create a new topic. Are the handles for that exposed anywhere on NodeBB?
@scott@loves.tech same shortcoming as finding the category for following, the handle isn't exposed.
Also not all categories federate so whatever solution we adopt has to also communicate if a category is local only to the instance.
