[kwlug-disc] Promoting on Twitter, for the moment I guess

Sun Nov 13 19:12:34 EST 2022

It is running Drupal 9. Apparently there is an alpha-quality
ActivityPub plugin here: https://www.drupal.org/project/activitypub/
I might experiment with it on a demo site, but it looks quite
complicated. (We do not want accounts per user, for example.) If we
could lock things down then this might be a possibility, but it feels
as if this could increase the attack surface of the site considerably.

It would be much nicer if we could just republish the KWLUG RSS feeds
as Fediverse posts. For Mastodon there is some Python project called
feed2toot, but the Mastodon character limit might be a factor here. 

There is also a more generic ActivityPub RSS server here:
https://www.drupal.org/project/activitypub/ . It is written in Node,
which means figuring out how to hook up Node.js to a web server. (This
sounds like it will involve babysitting.)

- Paul

On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 02:49:51PM -0500, Darcy Casselman wrote:
> What's the kwlug website running? If it's something off-the-shelf like
> WordPress or Drupal, there may be ActivityPub plugin, which would put it
> directly in the fediverse without any more work than that.
> 
> Interacting with people, promoting the feed, etc., is another matter
> entirely. But just getting announcements out to the fediverse is a doddle.
> 
> Darcy.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 2:51 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Well, if somebody wants to host some kind of Fediverse instance (and
> > is promising to babysit it) then that is fine, and I can set the
> > DNS to point a kwlug.org subdomain to it. However, the person
> > babysitting that instance will not be me.
> >
> > - Paul
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 02:05:44AM -0500, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> > > No, sorry, the StatusNet instance is down forever, and the
> > > @KWLUG at sn.jonkman.ca account with it.  The software was replaced by
> > > GNUsocial, but none of the accounts were migrated except my own.
> > Selfish, I
> > > know.
> > >
> > > This is a great opportunity for KWLUG to set up their own instance in the
> > > Fediverse.  The Mastodon software is the most popular at the moment, but
> > I'm
> > > still partial to GNUsocial.  And there are a number of KWLUG members who
> > > host Friendica or Hubzilla instances. Since those allow longer-form text,
> > > they may be a better choice for KWLUG, if the mailing list activity is
> > > anything to go by.
> > >
> > > --Bob.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2022-11-06 19:39, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I believe there was a StatusNet instance here:
> > > > https://sn.jonkman.ca/kwlug but it is now defunct. If you have the
> > > > tuits, I recommend starting up a new KWLUG account somewhere on
> > > > Mastodon. Then if the old account revives itself your account and
> > > > Bob's account can fight until one of you wins the blue checkmark.
> > > >
> > > > In terms of where to create the account: I think one of the popular
> > > > public servers is a safe bet, but if any KWLUG members is running a
> > > > server and promises to maintain it for a while then it could go there.
> > > > (Am I correct in thinking that people can migrate their accounts
> > > > across the Fediverse?)
> > > >
> > > > - Paul
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Nov 06, 2022 at 02:38:43PM -0500, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
> > > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > >
> > > > > Finally following up our discussions about promotion, and now it is
> > > > > overlapping with Twitter drama...
> > > > >
> > > > > I created a tweet for Mondays meeting:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://twitter.com/kwlug/status/1589305624646516738
> > > > >
> > > > > If anyone who is on twitter, and would like to help promote, could
> > you
> > > > > please like and re-tweet?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Andrew
> > > > >
> > > > > (P.S.: Related, where in the fediverse should we start posting? Any
> > > > > suggestions are welcome.)
> > > > >
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