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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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[–] frankm@linux-nerds.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

I need this too. Ok, my idea is to create an category. Example "Linux". Now i follow some people, example @linuxfoundation@social.lfx.dev And then all Posts will show in my category. Please add this.

[–] julian@community.nodebb.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

@frankm@linux-nerds.org the reason why I'm hesitant about this is because allowing a category to follow a user bakes in the assumption that everything the user posts is relevant.

If you're following something like the linux foundation that's a pretty safe bet for a Linux category, but what if you follow a user and they start sharing or posting about unrelated things, like what they had for breakfast, etc.?

That's where things could get messy.

But, I absolutely love :heart: the idea of creating a category and making it sort of like a curated channel based around one idea.

This is the kind of cool stuff I want to see!

[–] hamiller@forum.wedistribute.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

@julian@community.nodebb.org

Perhaps as a compromise, you shouldn't follow a user, but instead follow hashtags that match the topic of the category.

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