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title: April 16th, 2024

     

       
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date: 2024-04-16, 15:49:17 -07:00

     

       
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section: journal

     

       
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link: https://bmannconsulting.com/notes/feedback-on-federating-ghost/

     

       
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  - ActivityPub

     

       
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I wrote up my notes on what I submitted to the Ghost survey: [[Feedback on Federating Ghost]]. I truly believe that any app that cares about user interaction should look to federate beyond a single install.
     

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## With as much detail as you can give, how would you expect ActivityPub functionality to work in Ghost, if it existed?

     

       
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## If Ghost had this, what would be the biggest benefit to you, personally?

     

       
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### Following Ghost Content

     

       
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From a user perspective, there should be a "main" Ghost account to follow, `@name@website.com`. The publisher should be able to choose tags to expose like `@tag@website.com`.

     

       
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Replying to a posted article would appear as a comment on the article. If someone doesn't have a linked Ghost account, the publisher could choose whether or not to show it.

     

       
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Favorites and Boosts could also flow back, a bit like Web Mentions. This would be stored in the Ghost database, and could be used to sort or otherwise display content.

     

       
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The [[Threadiverse]] is the name for Reddit-style top posts plus comments. This seems to fit the article-or-newsletter-plus-comments that Ghost specializes in. Following this pattern would be better than thinking of Ghost as microblogging.

     

       
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I already recommend [[Ghost]] and could now consider using it for use cases that look more like community servers use cases.

     

       
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