#dev 2023-09-20

2023-09-20 UTC
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[tantek] apparently I don't have the code working yet to markup hashtags in my article names/titles, so I'll have to experiment with that another time
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[tantek] I see that Mastodon shows the article name as unlinked and the bridgy fed permalink underneath it. so it should theoretically work markup and autohyperlink any hashtags in the article name
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[snarfed] Mastodon doesn't do much itself, it expects hashtags in AS2 Tag attachments in a very specific form, which Bridgy works hard to generate: https://github.com/snarfed/bridgy-fed/blob/5214c77f6aa63361af5aa6d0335bef1cebffdd3a/activitypub.py#L594-L614
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[snarfed] it gets those from u-category mf2, regardless of any HTML in content or title
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[snarfed] the one thing Mastodon does, and that we all bent over backward to get, is rewriting hashtag HTML links in content to point to the local instance's search. https://fed.brid.gy/docs#hashtags , and described in the code snippet
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[KevinMarks] https://social.platypush.tech/@blacklight/111097414819369042
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Loqi [preview] [Fabio Manganiello] I started my Mastodon instance a few years ago. It used to run on a Raspberry Pi in its early days.It has now reached the point where I have to run it on a Linode machine with 16GB of RAM - and even there it sucks up 4GB of RAM, despite a very low lo... https://social-media.platypush.tech/media_attachments/files/111/097/391/322/838/425/original/3c77c298643fba11.png
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[snarfed] ^ unfortunate leap from Mastodon to "any federated server." there are surely much leaner implementations, esp single-user
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[schmarty] i was just wondering if there are folks sharing stats about their use of wordpress-activitypub
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c​apjamesg 😬
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[snarfed] data transfer project is running a mini conference next week: https://dtinit.org/events
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[tantek] fascinating, also called "The Federated Data Transfer Miniconference"
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[tantek] [snarfed] that sounds exactly up your alley
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[snarfed] yup
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[snarfed] talking with them right now in a fediforum session
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[snarfed] https://notes.qiqochat.com/p/cc1-rkNGCElFwDnxEHAdTVvCeJrPo-btcLT-2-2
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AramZS This is really interesting.
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AramZS I'd love to see stuff like data exports converging towards common formats out of this type of work
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AramZS Also... Didn't know qiqochat did shared notes!
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c​apjamesg It looks like Etherpad.
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c​apjamesg How do I join this meeting? 😄
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c​apjamesg I joined a Zoom but there was one person in it.
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AramZS Yeah, totally is from the icon
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AramZS Good to see it still in use. I helped work on a WordPress integration for Etherpad many years ago. I dunno if it is still getting used.
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c​apjamesg Cool I'm in now.
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AramZS capjamesg: how'd you get on?
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c​apjamesg I was already registered.
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c​apjamesg I clicked the Room 2 link on the homepage after signing in.
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AramZS Oh, I don't think I'm registered at all. I'd love to get involved tho
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[snarfed] AramZS https://fediforum.org/
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c​apjamesg [snarfed]++
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[tantek] if I were available to be an active participant for most of it, I would register for a normal ticket but I've got tons of work meetings (and TPAC blog posts to write-up, also on the topic of social/fedi things) so I'm not going to be paying for a $40 ticket
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AramZS Yeah, same unf
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[tantek] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fediforum-september-2023-tickets-677080184057
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[tantek] (also the "$1.99 – $250" [ Get Tickets ] on that page is a bit deceptive because the $1.99 tickets are "sold out". when you click [ Get Tickets ], the lowest option is $40)
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[tantek] I suppose you can call anything an "unconference", however in my opinion and experience, actual BarCamps, unconferences either charge zero, or *if they are in-person* they may charge a minimum amount like $5-10 just to get a more accurate count of who will show up for proper meals / space planning. A virtual unconference / BarCamp should not be charging anything IMO.
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aaronpk IIW is an interesting one there, since the entire agenda is an unconference, but the tickets are quite expensive
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[tantek] Yeah I have expressed my opinions about that in the past and especially for the type of audience it biases towards
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s​tarrwulfe I’m interested in the kinds of demos that will be done there since I also have the day off from my day job, but the price scared me away
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[tantek] Is there a free broadcast one can watch?
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[snarfed] $40 isn't cheap, and it's not the $0-10 we might like, granted...but it's not that expensive, especially compared to many other more "produced" tech industry conferences with prices in the high hundreds
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[tantek] Or an IRC chat channel?
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[snarfed] [tantek] afaik no but they publish session notes afterward
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[tantek] agreed [snarfed] — however IMO $40 is out of range for an online-only "unconference". It's a matter of labeling. Call it an "online conference of breakout sessions"
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[snarfed] they discussed pricing just now. sounds like something like 1/3-1/2 of attendees were on the $1.99 tickets
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[tantek] What's the point of even charging that for online?
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[tantek] Like there's no downsides to online no shows right?
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[tantek] This is more #indieweb-meta tho I admit
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[snarfed] eventbrite fee for ticketing
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[tantek] huh. IIRC eventbrite waived fees for free events, maybe that doesn't apply to free tickets to events that have paid tickets as an option?
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[tantek] or, no need to use eventbrite for the free sign-ups
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[tantek] anyway, as an organizer, I'm not really buying it
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[snarfed] sure. I don't have strong opinions here, not really trying to defend anything, just relaying info
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[snarfed] (not trying too hard at least)
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[tantek] yeah it's good to know the context of such things
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[tantek] [snarfed] should Bridgy Fed be listed in this table? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse#Software
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[snarfed] ...sure? you'd probably know better than me
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