Gio GuillemetteApr 23, 2023
aeva

I came across a neat browser extension today. It looks for "rel=me" links pointing to mastodon profiles, and puts it in a little list for you to review.

In other words, you visit a website, and if tells you if there are any mastodon accounts associated to the website.

http://streetpass.social

StreetPass for Mastodon

StreetPass: Find your people on Mastodon

Apr 23, 2023 at 8:38amWeb
Show threadFellApr 23, 2023
@aeva It's great! I have found so many accounts through this extension! #streetpass
Show threadtvlerApr 23, 2023
@fell great to hear you’re liking it!
Show threadLaurens HofApr 23, 2023
@aeva been using streetpass for a while, and its legit super helpful! Think the dev is currently working on upgrading it to better show the profiles
Show threadMinnie "Calabaza" MelApr 23, 2023
@aeva I read this post 3 times over 4 hours before I remembered what StreetPass was and now I feel old
Show threadtvlerApr 23, 2023
@melicious I want them to bring it back so bad but am now scared that if they do I’ll get hit with a trademark infringement 😂
Show threadJesco🐮Apr 23, 2023
@aeva brings back flashback of 3DS days with the name!
Show threadtvlerApr 23, 2023
@jescotan still the best mass market p2p social tool ever made lol. Decades ahead of its time
Show threadex or current IDF unwelcomeApr 23, 2023
@aeva please tell an old duffer where to put rel=me (nice answers please)
Show threadAndrewApr 23, 2023
@JohnLoader6 it's an invisible tag you can put on a link that says "this is also me", so you can link your website and Mastodon profile and so on, and then things like search engines, and this extension, and the Mastodon "verified links" feature can understand that both pages in some sense represent the same real-world person and do… whatever they do with that information
Show threadErnestoApr 23, 2023
@JohnLoader6 you need to go to your mastodon settings (in your browser, not inside an app), then profile, and you’ll see a section titled “verification”.
There you’ll see the code you need to include in your website to link to your mastodon profile, that includes the rel=me attribute. Just put it inside the html link to your mastodon profile.
After doing this, you can include your website url between the 4 links you can show in your mastodon profile, and it’ll get a verified label.
Show threadEric A. MeyerApr 23, 2023
@JohnLoader6 @aeva From one old duffer to another, hopefully this clarifies it a bit: https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2022/11/30/how-to-verify-site-ownership-on-mastodon-profiles/
How to Verify Site Ownership on Mastodon Profiles

Like many of you, I’ve been checking out Mastodon and finding more and more things I like.  Including the use of XFN (XHTML Friends Network) semantics to verify ownership of sites you link from your profile’s metadata!  What that means is, you can add up to four links in your profile, and if you have […]

Show threadtvlerApr 23, 2023
@Meyerweb hey Eric glad you found StreetPass interesting! Big fan of your work
Show threadZeeApr 23, 2023

@aeva did you happen to see a #PrivacyPolicy? 🤔

I did not. 🤨

Please let me know if that changes 👋🏼

Show threadtvlerApr 23, 2023
@zyz @aeva hey! I made a privacy page as part of my work for porting to safari and will update the homepage with the link soon! https://streetpass.social/privacy
Show threadZeeApr 23, 2023
@tvler @aeva let me know. I’m interested!
Show threadtvlerApr 23, 2023
@aeva Glad you like it! Big update soon 🙌 https://mastodon.social/@tvler/110135445576666001
Show threadaevaApr 23, 2023
@tvler yaay! what do you have planned :3
Show threadtvlerApr 23, 2023
@aeva
- New icon currently being commissioned
- Safari extension (apple denied the current version cuz it was too similar to the official mastodon app icon lol)
- more social details (username, profile pic) for people in your StreetPass list
- export/edit your StreetPass list
Show threadRyan ChristensenApr 23, 2023
So happy to have come across this… thanks for sharing @aeva! (And for the time and effort you’ve invested into building it @tvler!)
Show threadAtropa BirdpersonApr 23, 2023
@tvler I've often dreamed of something a bit similar that would discover microformats like h-card, h-event, as well as document alternates that happen to be stuff like ics, vcard, and offer to “add event to calendar" etc, so sites can more easily offer data in to PIM apps and the likes. Do you know, can a Web Extension sniff HTTP “Link:” headers for stuff like that? I feel sure it could work with in-document <link>, <a>, and microformats markup right?
Show threadtvlerApr 23, 2023
@phx sounds possible!
Show threadtvlerApr 23, 2023
@phx might run into issues where the client ends up downloading a ton of files trying to guess what the content type is. Unless there’s some fetch type that only returns headers and not body…. If there isn’t one then might need to spin up an API to decrease the load on the client
Show threadAtropa BirdpersonApr 23, 2023
@tvler Oh I mean just looking at the current document open in the browser tab. What markup it contains, what Link headers it was delivered with. I wouldn't expect it to cause any more traffic?
Show threadJoeyApr 23, 2023
@aeva good to know!
Show threadVoland 🇹🇭Apr 23, 2023
@aeva @Gargron unfortunately I lost faith a long time ago that a version for Safari will ever be available 😞
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEApr 23, 2023
@aeva What does "read and change all your data on all web sites" mean?
Show threadExperiencersInternational (calckey)Apr 23, 2023
@aeva I've seen a few things about it, partially due to me searching #StreetPass (for the feature inside the Nintendo 3DS, no idea if that inspired the name for this, if so it's super cool)

It's a cool extension by the looks of it, but I don't actually see it being that useful for me personally unfortunate (I'd probably get no hits, just like 3DS StreetPass nowadays I guess lol)
Show threadNafeon the BearApr 23, 2023
@aeva I use it for a while and love it very much actually.
Show threadAndy PApr 24, 2023
@aeva Interesting, I will give it a spin. Thanks
Show threadKrutonium://Apr 24, 2023
@aeva I like this, but they should consider changing the name before Nintendo comes knocking.
Show threadtvlerApr 30, 2023
@krutonium hah they’ve actually let a few trademarks expire, not that I’ve checked or anything 😏. Also all their claims are only around the term when used in the context of a videogame device. Honestly think I’m good but who knows lol
Show threadwawaApr 24, 2023
@aeva love that you called it StreetPass! (But now I'm feeling so nostalgic 😭)
Show threadmoopetApr 27, 2023
@aeva I wonder how well this (would|does) work alongside foaf?
Show threadBduzBoopApr 30, 2023
@aeva what do you think ?@mmasnick
Show threadMurtuzaali Surti ✨Apr 30, 2023
@aeva I love this extension