So I was wondering if there was a way for me to have a Category follow a federated account.
I can't seem to find the way to do it if that's possible.
But optimally the category would post a topic related to the new posts the followed account would post. Or something like that.
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frankm@linux-nerds.org · 0 pts · 1y
I need this too. Ok, my idea is to create an category. Example "Linux". Now i follow some people, example @linuxfoundation@social.lfx.dev And then all Posts will show in my category. Please add this.
julian@community.nodebb.org · 0 pts · 1y
frankm@linux-nerds.org the reason why I'm hesitant about this is because allowing a category to follow a user bakes in the assumption that everything the user posts is relevant.
If you're following something like the linux foundation that's a pretty safe bet for a Linux category, but what if you follow a user and they start sharing or posting about unrelated things, like what they had for breakfast, etc.?
That's where things could get messy.
But, I absolutely love :heart: the idea of creating a category and making it sort of like a curated channel based around one idea.
This is the kind of cool stuff I want to see!
julian@community.nodebb.org · 0 pts · 1y
frankm@linux-nerds.org this is now done. Turns out I wasn't actually stopping a category from following a user, so that didn't need rolling back.
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/13232
hamiller@forum.wedistribute.org using a hashtag is probably also something I should allow categories to follow, although that's local-only to the instance because of how hashtags work.
Either way I didn't want to restrict a valid use case :)
informapirata@community.nodebb.org · 1 pts · 296d
Hi julian , and sorry for trying to resurrect this (somewhat old) thread I happened to read. When you said to hamiller@forum.wedistribute.org
> "I should probably allow categories to track hashtag usage, even if it's local, given how hashtags work."
I thought this was now possible. In fact, I thought this was exactly what happens to your "General Discussion" category on Activitypub.space.
But then I looked in the settings of my federated NodeBB instance, and maybe it's not as I thought. So, I wonder (and ask you): how do you manage to aggregate "general discussion" threads? Is there an automatic way, or do you do it manually with "move thread"?
julian@community.nodebb.org · 2 pts · 295d
informapirata indeed! This is configurable under the site-wide ActivityPub settings under "auto categorization rules".
For that site I have hashtags like "ActivityPub" and "fedimod" set up to automatically categorize discussions.
It only matches for discussions that don't already have a category of their own (so, microblog stuff.)
informapirata@community.nodebb.org · 1 pts · 295d
julian great!
ska@community.nodebb.org · 0 pts · 1y
Hello :)
I am trying to follow some different ActivityPub group and users but
but I can't quite understand why some are accepted while others remain "pending."
For example, here I was able to follow the profile skariko@www.lealternative.net (who is an author of a Wordpress blog) and in fact his posts are posted in autonomous in the category correctly.
But if I try to follow another author of that blog like marcocalamari@www.lealternative.net or fediverso@www.lealternative.net it remains in “pending”.
I have also tried following two PeerTube users who both remain in “pending.”
Also after trying to unfollow one of the users it remains in “null.”
julian@community.nodebb.org · 0 pts · 1y
ska there is an issue with category sync with Lemmy, since they do not support categories following their communities.
https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/5354
I'll have to take a closer look at Peertube.
Are you able to follow those users using your local account, not via the ACP?