Gregory's ServerToday we're launching a new #Mastodon feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their their articles are being shared.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/
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 @Mastodon@mastodon.social really doing anything possible to avoid mentioning Pleroma or Misskey in blog posts, hm :neocat_woozy:   @lio@hachyderm.io My only guess is that they don't want bad-actors pretending to be that author of the article and abused it.  > To prevent potential abuse (malicious websites could "frame" unknowing users by listing them as authors) this feature will only be available to publishers that have been approved for trending by each server's moderation team. So your admin needs to approve the domain for trending (/admin/trends/links/publishers)   @Flipboard @Mastodon Very similar to what eg Google+ did with rel-author and what I worked on implementing into Flattr back the as well. Not sure why rel-author isn’t used 🤔 http://microformats.org/wiki/rel-author @Flipboard @Mastodon Added a comment about it: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/30398#issuecomment-2204184781 It’s sad to not see more cooperation between #Mastodon / #Fediverse and #IndieWeb The latter is focused on social semantics for the web and the former for social semantics for ActivityPub – when the two overlap they should coordinate – and articles are very much web pages and something the #IndieWeb knows best practices around @Flipboard @Mastodon Google’s announcement of rel-author: https://youtu.be/FgFb6Y-UJUI?si=22F5LTFhjazuS8n4  @Flipboard @voxpelli @Mastodon I suspect the answer to "why not rel author" is because that's just a URI iirc, not a fediverse native account? @Mastodon Great idea. Can I just implement the OG tag on my blog? Is that all there is to it. @HalfHeartedFanatic @Mastodon You might but it won't do a thing if you're not "approved journalist".  @emil @HalfHeartedFanatic @Mastodon For now. Instances approving the websites is only intended as a stop-gap solution it seems.  @HalfHeartedFanatic @Mastodon it's not an OG tag and apparently currently it requires manual review so it won't magically work, but there is further development going on. @sheogorath @Mastodon Correct: It's not an OG tag. I've gone and implemented it. I'll see if I can get my site blessed by the overlords of the fediverse.  @Aminorjourney @Mastodon @show I think you have to put this new item into your meta tags on your site: <meta name="fediverse:creator" content=“{your full @person@domain mastodon handle here}“> I think that’s it? I’m not sure about the “Approved publishers” part yet because I think that’s not rolled out on non-nightly builds? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯  @Mastodon mmmm i loove amassing and owning a loyal audience mm yessss audience loyal to me... that i own.... 🥺🥺    @gamingonlinux @Mastodon Mastodon is getting the crap beaten out of it by Threads and BluSky because they have basic features that we're missing, like onboarding and quote posts. Helping journalists (most of whom aren't even on this platform) get credit for articles where they can already put their mastodon handle at the bottom seems to me to be a strange allocation of resources. @LouisIngenthron @Mastodon Well, it's not a race, and Threads is connecting up with the Fediverse so they will work together anyway. As for the feature, it's actually incredibly useful and makes it even easier to find people to follow. There's no downside to it, and it's just useful to have. I don't see the problem with it. @gamingonlinux @LouisIngenthron @Mastodon "They" don't let me use Linux anymore. Thank you 💞😊 @Mastodon @d2ns @Lambo @tibosl Initial thought from the @PublicKnowledgeProject dev team is that this would be pretty straight-forward to do, but the feature is currently limited to one account for each publisher, which won't work just yet. @Mastodon@mastodon.social Would there be a way to verify that it is that exact user that wrote the article, similar to the   @Mastodon how does support for this show up in the API? I'd love to add a flag to @mastowatch so #MastoAdmin can show off their adoption!  @developerjustin @Mastodon @mastowatch the card on a status now has an authors attribute (an array which currently always has one item), which has the properties name, url and account. Will be documenting properly this shortly. @andypiper @Mastodon @mastowatch thank you! Is there a property on the instance object showing if this is available on a given server? @developerjustin @Mastodon @mastowatch ah, no, that's not there that I know of - I'll make a note on that one. @Mastodon Journalists are, of course, entirely without ego. And none have ever felt the need to build a personal following just ICE.
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@Mastodon Great initiative. But frankly I think what journalists really want are quote posts. @frog_reborn @Mastodon Or at least it is planned that at some point they will start working on it. @andypiper @Mastodon Yes, but they have been on the roadmap for a year and still not been moved to the “In Progress” section.  > Of course, it’s also part of Mastodon’s API, so we expect to see support among the vast array of third party apps for Mastodon as well. This is very cool. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/ This uses a new OpenGraph tag: <meta name="fediverse:creator" content="(at)Gargron(at)mastodon.social" />  Cool. We don't have enough online spaces for amplifying lies. Thanks for showing us whose side you're on! Here's an extremely quick-and-dirty way to get this new Mastodon author OpenGraph meta tag on your #WordPress site. Note that this currently only works for pre-approved domains, so you won't see your little author icon chip just yet. @Mastodon bonjour m. @paul_denton Une nouvelle fonction à destination des média. Peut être une meilleure visibilité pour vous.  @Mastodon This is a great feature. You should also add a warning under the links of inadequate media: "this media outlet is funded by a totalitarian state and often spreads disinformation, read https://euvsdisinfo.eu/learn/" or something like that. Of course, the administrator (or user) can disable such notifications. We also need mobile apps to publish posts when the user has a bad internet connection. Now the post can get stuck loading and disappear forever  *whispers* I think clickable bylines are actually more useful to journalists, whatever they think…
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  @Mastodon is it with a leading @? I thought I read that it is simply the WebFinger address without acct: or leading @!?! @pfefferle It’s a bit disappointing that instead of being a link to a acct: URL which one can look up with WebFinger to discover ActivityPub endpoint etc with it’s something that looks almost proprietary in its nature @Mastodon seem to have problems with the feature on my Android Pixel 6. When I click the authors name the app just goes away. And when I open it again, the page I was on was gone.  @kamerachimera @Mastodon thank you for reporting. There's now an update in review that fixes this.    @Mastodon Hopefully this encourages independent journalists who use Threads now to join an actual Mastodon instance. As it stands now, the people who operate Threads filter the content from some journalists they personally don't like. Seth Abramson is an example of one they have silenced. His posts don't make their way to Mastodon anymore. Zuck is an asshole.  @Mastodon That's pretty neat, and a great idea! I'd also really like to see a feature similar to the starter packs idea on BlueSky where you can send an invite that includes a customizable list of suggested people (EDIT: and hashtags too!) to follow. @baralheia @Mastodon Holy moly, this would be a killer way to get people over that initial new account friction. Having groups of big tech journalists or popular artists would do a lot to keep people using the platform @sig @Mastodon Exactly my thought! Some of the groundwork to enable this already exists; you can already generate an invite to join your instance that will prompt someone using that invite to follow you. This could be built on top of that feature initially. Ultimately, I'd like to see it also be available separately from the invite system so that existing accounts can easily be given a list of suggested follows too, so it's not tied to joining any specific instance.      @Mastodon Hoping @ThomHartmann will take note. He does great stuff on a number of platforms but #substack & #Xitter ain't where his best audience is these days 🙄   @Mastodon Quote toots is the thing journalists have actually asked for, so we can RT stuff and add context to it.  So this is the first step in creating a visible sign of #ownership like being #verified on #X (former #Twitter). @Mastodon I see the new meta in the header of this article with a content value not beginning by a @ (<meta name="fediverse:creator" content="Gargron@mastodon.social">) but the article says that it should be (<meta name="fediverse:creator" content="@Gargron" />).   @Mastodon It's not actually been released yet, mastodon.social is running a pre-release version of the Mastodon software. Usually we stick to the official releases as we'd prefer to keep the instance stable! Let me look into it… 🙂 @Mastodon is this function limited to English speakers or do you plan to implement it for other languages?  @Mastodon  @Mastodon Hey! If you're looking for a crypto recovery agency, I recommend doing some research online. There are several reputable agencies out there that specialize in helping people recover lost or stolen cryptocurrencies like #_RECOVERYEXPERTS on instagram/telegram. they have good reviews and a successful track record . Good luck! @Mastodon May I ask how the `fediverse:creator` meta tag was decided on over an addition to Open Graph or `rel="author"`? @Mastodon @Gargaron Is the Mastodon onboarding going to be improved by 25th August?  |
@Mastodon I saw this already out in the field. Very nice feature indeed.