Was anyone realistically thinking about creating a #dotnet implementation of #mastadon ?

I sorta started on it, but wasn't going to continue if there's a #Microsoft led effort.

If there's no existing project, I'll try to gather some collaborators and continue.

Who's interested in trying to get a #dotnet7 version going?

#OSS #foss

Please boost to help me find people or a project! Thanks! 

@brendoneus don't know how many hours I would have to throw in. But I am interested!

@adenner No worries! I think we're all thinking of this as spare time stuff!

Have you looked at the specs for ActivityPub or Webfinger yet?

@brendoneus I haven't done a great deal yet, but was reading up on a simple toy implementation https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/how-to-implement-a-basic-activitypub-server/
How to implement a basic ActivityPub server

Today we’ll be looking at how to connect the protocols powering Mastodon in the simplest way possible to enter the federated network. We will use static files, standard command-line tools, and some simple Ruby scripting, although the functionality should be easily adaptable to other programming languages. First, what’s the end goal of this exercise? We want to send a Mastodon user a message from our own, non-Mastodon server. So what are the ingredients required?

Official Mastodon Blog
@adenner yeah, I've been reading the spec, but haven't implemented much. I can send you the repo if you want to help. We're loose on the contribution guidelines for now.
@brendoneus sure I am game and fine with loose chaos. Denner at gmail for the email.