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Important: We need Your Input on the Future of the SocialHub (socialhub.activitypub.rocks)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/fedizens

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/476057

The activity of the SocialHub community, like all other 'fediverse-substrate' bodies, has waned. From an active community to just a forum. Now a decision has to be made for the future of SocialHub. The options are stopping, be just a forum, or revitalize a vibrant community. The last option needs people willing and committed to do so. To step up for the sake of Fediverse Futures.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh for sure it would benefit a lot. A migration to Lemmy has come up in the past.. though it would mean losing a ton of community/forum management features. But there's movement towards federation of SocialHub, with The Pavilion who wrote an ActivityPub plugin. It is enabled on the SocialHub and 2 categories are currently federating. The plugin will be developed further, and feedback is being collected. See:

Two more forum softwares are adding federation support: Flarum and nodeBB

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Oh, awesome! Thanks for the update!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity: which categories are currently supported? Is there a way to test interop with Lemmy and kbin?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Current functionality of the plugin is still rather limited. The following 2 categories federate:

But right now that only creates a toot on a new topic creation, and replies from the fediverse aren't becoming replies in the forum. Hellekin has experimented with it, and SocialHub is open to beta-test.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you for clarifying. Hellekin may be interested in looking at how Lemmy and kbin are doing it, as having federation compatibility in long-form group communication platforms would really add an incredible amount of value.

Really, a sticking point is that platforms with Group actors really need to get together and ensure compatibility. This could be truly transformative for the fediverse as a whole.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Fully agree. Those doing Groups need to be continuously reminded about this compatibility. Tendency to "wheel reinvention" is high and co-creation is also not front and center in thinking with implementers, unfortunately. There's a Groups FEP created by Lemmy dev. I nudged Flarum, nodeBB and Discourse folks to come together. On SocialHub @trwnh gave some great insights. I hope more FEP's will be proposed, so that interop guarantees can be higher.