I just attended the "ActivityPub Based Forums and Threaded Discussions" call, and I really like their work on standardising the way, how forums federate.
@rasterweb they just need another "new user interface" and yeah it totally broke the way I used it and I can't seem to find an option to switch it back either...
Tbh I think the #Threadiverse like #Lemmy and #kbin would make a lot more sense if they were simply frontends and perhaps a backend too but just for the forums themselves. IOW, no accounts live in Lemmy or kbin, all users post from their preferred #fediverse account instead.
Sure you can already technically do that from your #Mastodon or #Misskey or whatever fedi you're in, but that means using whatever app you're on right now, which almost certainly means it's not a #linkaggregator UI. Not ideal at all.
If I had any good programming skills I'd make it so that the link aggregator is merely a client that uses the Mastodon (with #Pleroma extensions too) and Misskey APIs, treat (almost) all #ActivityPub actors as their own forums or subs, and each post would be a boost from said actor. Users authenticate from their preferred fedi account. Voting would be tallied by few special actors, which internally receive votes via direct messages (the app will make this transparent, but this also means you can technically vote without the app if you know the exact command), which will effectively make votes secret to non-admins like in #Reddit. Users can also choose which vote counters they want to rely from.
This would make the fediverse-powered link aggregator very flexible and minimal, imo. It may look janky but that's the general idea I have. :seija_coffee:
So, @eatyourglory and I were discussing Lemmy and he had a good question/idea. Could Lemmy communities technically be subdomains? Like instead of Lemmy.world/c/example, it could be example.lemmy.world?
Would this be something that could be theoretically built into Lemmy or is there some kinda technological limitation, making this not a thing..? I think it's a neat idea.🤷♂️🤔
Excited to see the work that @julian, @angusmcleod, @rimu, @evan and many others are putting into this initiative and will be following with excitement for the future standardization and interoperability in the #fediverse thru #ActivityPub that will hopefully follow.
If you’re interested in checking out a #fediverse-based alternative to Reddit, come check out infosec.pub! It hosts a number of communities including one I’ve stood up for #cybersecurity / #infosec!
@AssaultPepper@ed209 Yeah I loved Reddit back when and honestly would still get a lot of use out of it if I were to drag myself back there. I’m attempting a principled stand and trying to build something useful on the Fediverse. So as Ty said, I’m attempting to dedicate myself to this side and turn it into something more. Some communities (e.g. cybersecurity) are better poised to achieve this in shorter order. Smaller, more niche communities def have a harder grind to do it.
@shellsharks@AssaultPepper I 100% agree with the 'be the change'. But also that some of us still have to fall back to the Red Site to fill in the gaps. If it wasn't for r/Narcolepsy I would probably just delete my account.
"Care has been taken to construct it in the simplest way possible, enabling contributions from programmers of all skill levels and keeping server costs down. This will greatly speed PieFed's development process and widen its adoption."
Clever move by @rimu Lemmy's development is struggling.
The most popular instance, lemmy.world (>25% monthly active users), is still on a previous release. The current release, 0.19.1, has broken federation for the past couple weeks. Up-to-date instances are hobbling along by being restarted every few hours.
Tried hacking on Lemmy myself... I've got many thoughts but not sure if/how to write them down.