Another idea I'm playing with: a fediverse starter pack.
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@[email protected] @glitchdotcom @eleventy yes. this idea is good!
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
The really cool thing is that @glitchdotcom lets you create a "remix" without needing an account, so you can go ahead and make a temporary starter pack that expires after 5 days.
Or you can sign up and save it forever.
It will even work on the free plan!
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@[email protected] Glad you think so!
I've been really enjoying working with @eleventy, pretty much all of my recent side projects are made with it.
And I love that 11ty projects can run on the free @glitchdotcom plan.
I think I am going to get a lot of use out of this setup.
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
So one problem I have is with usernames that don't match the domain they're on, eg @ user @ domain.com, who has an account at https://mastodon.domain.com/@user.
Any idea how to go about that?
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@stefan @glitchdotcom @eleventy it'd be cool if you could sign in w/ your mastodon account and click 'follow all' or something
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@tom I like the idea! It would be a bit tricky to keep the project remixable on Glitch though.
But this gave me an idea on how to fix an issue* I just found.
Maybe it's enough to add a field where you can put your home server, and it will update all the links to open on it?
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@stefan does mastodon have endpoints you can hit that'll follow an account if you're signed in on the server already. For example, if they entered their server, could you have a follow button that links to: mastodon.social/@[email protected]/follow
And when you click it, it opens and follows the user? I feel like that was a thing on Twitter, but I might be imagining things
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@stefan might be useful to highlight servers and fediverse software designed for musicians?
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@thisismissem Good idea, let me look into that.
Thank you!
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@stefan @glitchdotcom @eleventy I love starter packs! I notice people on Bluesky asking for notifications when added (and opt-outs) for starter packs, btw, so that might be a thing to consider if you aren’t already. This project isn’t in-app so it’s a different context and for some uses, like musicians, opt-out probably isn’t really a thing, but it would be a kindness to encourage opt-out contact info for some other topics?
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Andy Nortrup :cascadia: 🌳replied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan @glitchdotcom @eleventy I love this. The idea has been rattling around my head for two or three weeks.
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Erin Kissane last edited by [email protected]
@kissane Yes, this is a very good point and I may have not given it enough thought. I was looking at this project more as if I was writing an article where I link to an interesting website, or a blogroll listing my favorite blogs.
I will admit I wouldn't necessarily think to ask for permission in those cases -- not that I shouldn't, of course, but you are giving me a lot to think about.
Either way, I did add a note about this to the project's README.
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@stefan I mean, it's a weird thing, I think, to want opt-outs for off-site list? But maybe not a bad one.
It probably wouldn't have occurred to me if I hadn't been following the discussions on Bsky (and on here, about what counts as permission, etc.)
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@stefan I think going via webfinger is your answer: once you've resolved the Actor, fetch the Actor, instead of relying on Mastodon's account API. That said, you may need some minimal actor through which to sign those requests.
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@kissane Honestly, I find the topic of consent on the web fascinating, particularly some of these "edge cases".
Were I better writer, this is a topic I would probably choose to explore further.
(Or maybe I can explore it anyway and write about it poorly? I suppose that is an option!)
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@thisismissem Well the issue is, if I have a username as @ user @ domain.com, I would think to hit the domain.com server, but at lest in the one particular case, this will not work, I seem to need to access it at subdomain.domain.com?
Not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or maybe the server is not set up right?
Let me DM you details, if you're interested.
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@stefan if the user is @ user @ domain.com then the webfinger endpoint should absolutely be resolvable on domain.com — it's just the mastodon specific API for "account lookup" would be on an alternative URL.
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@stefan and email or chat (discord/matrix) is a better way to reach me at the moment. But I probably won't reply until the morning; dealing with an upset stomach & getting ready for bed.
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Erin Kissanereplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by [email protected]
@stefan My advice for thoughtful people who feel weird about writing (everyone feels weird about writing) is always "Write an email about it to a friend—*in* your email program, to fool your brain—snip the name off the top and cut any in-jokes, and you have a fine draft."
Which is to say: Write it, Stefan!
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@kissane Definitely thinking about it now, thank you for the encouragement!
