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Categories following Federated Accounts? (community.nodebb.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cwsmith@community.nodebb.org to c/activitypub@community.nodebb.org

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So I was wondering if there was a way for me to have a Category follow a federated account.

I can't seem to find the way to do it if that's possible.

But optimally the category would post a topic related to the new posts the followed account would post. Or something like that.

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[–] julian@community.nodebb.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@CWSmith not right now, no. A category can only follow other accounts that identify themselves as "Group". This is to take advantage of synchronization logic that regular users don't supply (and even then not all groups do either).

However I'll keep this workflow in mind, it's an interesting idea!

[–] cwsmith@community.nodebb.org 1 points 1 week ago

@julian

No problem.

In my head I was thinking of a Federated account like a WordPress blog that has ActivityPub installed and confirmed working. Everyone in the Fediverse can see it, but having it followed and posted in Forum puts it there in front of the Community for a more direct conversation.

I am gonna start installing and trying to figure out ActivityPub into my Drupal projects even if I am not thrilled with my previous dealings with that module.