And I'm not even talking about #Discourse which, by the way, will NOT let #Mastodon users interact with forums the same way as registered forum users. No, really not. Discourse will only advertise new threads through #ActivityPub. It will NOT let users of Mastodon etc. reply to threads. It will NOT let users of Mastodon etc. start new threads.
I'm talking about projects like #Friendica (est. 2010, 6 years older than Mastodon, 8 years older than ActivityPub) and #Hubzilla (est. 2012, 4 years older than Mastodon, 6 years older than ActivityPub). They had forums implemented long before there was Mastodon and long before there was ActivityPub.
Just like Discourse, these forums can be fully moderated. But just like #Guppe, just about everyone on every Fediverse project can interact with them. And unlike both Discourse and Guppe, they can be public as well as private/members-only.
> "Currently, the plugin will publish a “Note” from the first post of a new topic in a category where ActivityPub is enabled. Currently, replies to the post on Discourse are not published, and replies to the “Note” on other ActivityPub services are not imported into Discourse."
They'll collect feedback and gradually add functionality if there's demand.
@smallcircles (Humane Tech Now) So right now it is only good to post to AP, but not receive anything back? Announcement only, oh well. I don't see, where this would benefit anbody but Discourse users.
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