@IceCubesApp I’d like to be able to subscribe to a post and it’s responses. Would that be - a client feature - a #Mastodon #API functionality or- an #activitypub functionality?
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@IceCubesApp
I’d like to be able to subscribe to a post and it’s responses. Would that be
- a client feature
- a #Mastodon #API functionality or
- an #activitypub functionality? -
@iamlayer8 @IceCubesApp I would say this *could* be added to any of the three!
If we want to have this feature ASAP it could be done in a client (in a hacky way)
This definitely *should* be added to Mastodon, and then added to its API
This behavior should be documented in AP somewhere for best practices for all software to implement. -
@[email protected] @[email protected] The thing is, what qualifies as a response worthy of a notification?
I'd argue that at minimum Mastodon could notify you if you receive responses to reply chains you've commented in. That would go a long way towards reducing mention spam.
Mastodon doesn't really store a context that can be referred against, though it is of course possible.
ActivityPub supports the
context
property, which the forum working group is hoping to support.FWIW NodeBB already supports topic notifications, because we build our own context. If @[email protected] or anyone else I follow replies to your post, I'll still be notified, even if I am not mentioned!
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@julian @liaizon
My use case would be that I see an interesting discussion I want to follow, e.g. via a boost in my timeline. My order of priorities:
1) new responses appear in my timeline
2) I get notifications (I’d most likely never activate this)That’s a reason to take a look at NodeBB but probably not enough to switch.