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dansup

I've said it countless times before, if you're working on an #activityPub project and would like more visibility, DM me!

I know how lucky I was, and how hard it is to get noticed now, we all started from nothing and I get that

People over profits is what makes the #fediverse so special ā¤ļø

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Robb Knight

@dansup I built a simple ActivityPub server for running accounts for my side projects to avoid running a whole Masto instance bugle.lol

Was more of a learning exercise than anything but it works (e.g. @wegotfamily) and I wrote up everything I learnt here: rknight.me/building-an-activit

dansup

@robb @wegotfamily Nice work, and great work on that blog post!

I noticed you use PHP, did you by chance use the Pixelfed source as a reference for the Http Sigs, or how did you figure that out? (Curious if there is a php based http sig post or explainer somewhere)

Robb Knight

@dansup The sigs was the biggest issue I had with it and yes I was in the PixelFed source at one point trying to work it out. I had 4 or 5 different implementations open because it definitely wasn't clear to me exactly how they're supposed to work.

dansup

@robb Yeah I figured, http sigs were challenging for me too, and back then there was only 1 implementation haha

I'm not sure if you've seen my #PubKit posts, I'm working on a suite of tools to help make this easier.

Robb Knight

@dansup I did, Iā€™m looking forward to digging into it šŸ‘

Gabbo the wafrn guy :neocat_floof_devil_256: (not a vampire)

@dansup@mastodon.social I built a tumblr clone and then conected it to the fedi. There is an alpha for the instructions on self hosting. It might have some bugs and the UI needs lotsvof improvements

The instructions are in the backend repo readme

It still does not support polls, might do next week

#I-also-do-weird-stuff-with-tags-like-tumblr
dansup

@gabboman Nice work, I notice you have a swagger config, so you're documenting it as you go? That's a great idea!

Several people have requested Tumblr like UI or features in Pixelfed, glad to see a promising Tumblr alternative in the fediverse!

Eugen Rochko

@gabboman @dansup This looks pretty cool! Iā€™m curious how the reblogs work, does that part have an ActivityPub representation yet?

henriquelalves

@dansup Hey! Not strictly an ActivityPub project but it depends and uses the Mastodon API: mastonews.com

It's an RSS aggreggator for the Verified Links of the accounts you follow, so you have a 24h news of the personal blogs and quirky websites from the people your favourite Mastodon people.

dansup

@henriquelalves Nice work!

I can't seem to get it to work, after adding my handle and pressing submit nothing happens, it does look like a scrollbar is present to scroll horizontally but I can't scroll.

henriquelalves

@dansup Thanks for trying it out! I can think of two things:

- The server you are in made its API private (less probable, at least on my experience)
- Your account has private follows

I couldn't check who you follow from your account profile, so I think it's the second scenario.

It still a WIP, but one thing I need to add is App registration, so the website registers itself on the Mastodon server and generates a OAuth token to get the private follows from the account that allows it.

Lennart Hengstmengel

@dansup I just released v1.0 of a new and full featured Mastodon API client for PHP, and a bit of exposure would be really nice šŸ˜ šŸ™

github.com/vazaha-nl/mastodon-

Jeroen Massar

@dansup @aral while people over profits is a good goal, do ensure that you can eat and have a decent roof over your head: people are willing to pay for good software and services... and hosting something costs money, and people need to eat. Thanks for building!

Aaron šŸ¤Æ

@dansup what is the security purpose of the public key stuff anyway? Isn't all of this over HTTPS?

pink

@dansup Not sure if they want more visibility but @grindhold is building a federated classified ads platform #flohmarkt

db0

@dansup I've built fediseer (fediseer.com/) and explained what it is here: dbzer0.com/blog/overseer-a-fed

Could use some more people knowing about and integrating with it. I even built a python SDK for it github.com/db0/pythonseer

Raccoon at TechHub for Harris

@dansup
Would research, promotion, and/or public initiatives count?

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@dansup Until the people own the infrastructure and the revenue from the platforms the people will always remain the product.

I don't even know if my toots are getting out and rarely visit Mastodon because I don't understand the interface.

If advertisers had the user SELECT adverts via OPT-IN parameters so they get adverts they NEED instead of what the advertiser is trying to sell it would be better. A second feature that would be great is if advertisers were to have their adverts rated and if they rating goes negative the advert is no longer shown to anyone. All of a sudden adverts would have CONTENT that people upvote and are prepared to see. Sort of like what YT does with their DIY videos except with adverts and the PEOPLE earn the advertising revenue.

I hope someone with the power to speak to the correct people sees this.

@dansup Until the people own the infrastructure and the revenue from the platforms the people will always remain the product.

I don't even know if my toots are getting out and rarely visit Mastodon because I don't understand the interface.

If advertisers had the user SELECT adverts via OPT-IN parameters so they get adverts they NEED instead of what the advertiser is trying to sell it would be better. A second feature that would be great is if advertisers were to have their adverts rated and if they...

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