Forums and Threaded Discussions Task Force

@grishka @mikedev>The originating server may not know who is part of the group and who is not, and therefore it can't enforce privacy by requiring a signed fetch.In Friendica, group participants are represented by private followers collection, which can be retrieved using signed fetch:https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/ap/object/781ebb23f1080082071d0c156543eb5fSo I don't see any fundamental difference between FEP-400e and FEP-1b12. The authentication issue, however, is quite important, because without FEP-8b32 the group either doesn't scale or can impersonate anyone.@julian

Thanks @[email protected]! That's good feedback and it's really exciting to know that there exist implementors out there whose default is not Note. I think at this point a real-time discussion at the next ForumWG re: the distinction between Article vs. Note would be beneficial. It'd be a continuation of the discussion we had last month. It's clear there are varied opinions on it, but as intimated by others, this might not actually be a problem that has technical solution.

trwnh: Topics can be split In addition to splitting topics, topics or their posts can also be merged into another topic. The UX for this is quite variable; sometimes entire topics can be merged into another, sometimes a certain range of posts within a topic (post 5 .. 10 from 15 posts), and sometimes a selection (post 5 and 10 from 15 posts or just a singular item post 5 from 15 posts). trwnh: Topics exist in a category For #Flarum topics can also not exist in a Category (we call them tags and that extension is optional, like all of our extensions). Even when using a Category, once the Category is deleted, we do not hard delete any topics contained within but unlink them, making them less visible but still existing within the Forum. Regardless, to us, Topics CAN exist in a category, it's not required. trwnh: Users can be followed for posts and topics Users can be messaged directly This sounds as if this is a given, I don't think it's guaranteed in every Forum software. But if can implies optional, then

@[email protected] said in Traversing the reply chain when working with topics: infinite inReplyTo chain. I think this could be solved in part by the chain traversal sanity checking to ensure that the id is not already retrieved, but I'm not naive enough to assuming that that can't be circumvented. ... so yes, in that sense a limit makes sense from a security standpoint.

Cheers @[email protected] thanks for making it official. @[email protected] hopefully you can subscribe to the recurring event now

Hey @[email protected], how can I add events to the SWICG calendar? I notice there's a little button to include "Task Forces" in the listing, so I think listing our meetings would be helpful, now that we've settled on a more consistent time/day-of-week. cc @[email protected] (unrelatedly, do you get notified if I mention your SocialHub handle?)

@[email protected] said in Article vs. Note vs. Page: Since then WordPress has joined the Fediverse, and now Ghost is about to join as well. I think the ability to display rich content may soon become a serious competitive advantage. Completely agreed. The best time to consider a different approach is now, so I am hoping we can make some headway here at the WG meeting. Stay tuned... cc @[email protected] @[email protected]

@julian @rimu i think that was rimu actually, although i can probably give a summary

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Thanks @[email protected] — I think this is (one of) the last piece before two-way federation will start working. Hopefully it will be merged and updated soon

If I did things correctly, I should have a rudimentary two-way synchronization working now… I'm not sure if there's still a 5 minute delay between posting and federating... let's see.

@julian I am once again reminded of why Roberts Rules are written the way that they are and why the "Roberts Rules for small groups" caps at 12 people.

@[email protected] not a problem, I'll post up the minutes soon for open discussion! We didn't get into any technical details re: ordered collections, etc., so there's still time to discuss the intricacies of 9988.