NodeBB

With all this #RedditMigration going on, there's been a renewed interest in #forums, especially with #activitypub integration.

We've got @devnull working on it. I'm hoping we don't miss the boat by the time it can be rolled out, but we want to do right by the #fediverse and come out swinging with a highly interoperable frontend to the fediverse-at-large.

Stay tuned here for more info as the story (and branch) develops!

Jun 19, 2023 at 1:11amWeb
Show threadEmelia 👸🏻Jun 19, 2023
@nodebb @devnull let me know if you need anything when it comes to understanding Flag activities & how reports/Moderation works
Show threadJulian LamJun 19, 2023
Thanks @thisismissem — if there's one thing I learned in my month and a half here (👶), it that robust moderation tooling is number one on the feature list after basic #ActivityPub interop support.
Show threadTim ChambersJun 19, 2023

@nodebb @devnull

How do you view NodeBB different than say #Lemmy and #Kbin, are you a pure forum versus a link upvote/downvote aggregator?

Show threadNodeBBJun 19, 2023
@tchambers @devnull Yes sir! We're a forum software that predates /kbin and possibly Lemmy. Been in active development outside the realm of the #fediverse until this year, so we're doing the work to figure out just how AP can work with our existing schema and expectations. So far a lot of the concepts are identical 🤞
Show threadTim ChambersJun 19, 2023

@nodebb @devnull

Keep me in the loop, always looking for new cool fedivere enabled apps.

And I totally could imagine the need for more of a full featured forum that does Federation in a first class way. RIght now my main view on that is Discourse with an activitypub plugin.

Show threadJulian LamJun 19, 2023
@tchambers @nodebb I've been vaguely following along, mostly because @smallcircles lets me know when something happens on that front. I honestly wish them the best. If #NodeBB, Discourse, and Flarum all federate, that's only a win for the #fediverse
Show threadTim ChambersJun 19, 2023

@devnull @nodebb @smallcircles

Totally agree!

Show threadCyclone1070Jun 19, 2023
@nodebb Definitely interested, lemmy and kbin just aren't doing the job right yet. A forum fully compatible with AP and not just a reddit clone would surely gain traction. Keep it up!
Show threadnarF 😵✌️Jun 19, 2023

@nodebb @devnull @jdp23 I heard that Discourse is working on their implementation. Maybe you could work in this together?

One thing though: make sure you have really good moderation tools! Because with great Fediverse powers comes great responsibility! (To protect your users against harassment, trolls and spam)

Show threadJon (now at neuromatch.social)Jun 19, 2023
@narF This is one of the intriguing things to me about @nodebb et al coming to the fediverse, they've developed good mod tools over the years and that could be a big help here! @devnull
Show threadNodeBBJun 19, 2023

@jdp23 @narF @devnull indeed! We've worked with big AAA gaming companies to really build out our moderation tooling. Both #Bethesda and #Ubisoft collaborated with us to improve our flagging and user mod tools, and the challenge with #ActivityPub is figuring out how to federate these tools.

A worthy cause. 💯

Show threadJulian LamJun 19, 2023
@nodebb @jdp23 @narF Note that @nodebb said collaborated, past tense. We lost both those companies to what I feel is an inferior communication product, but this is not the forum (ha ha get it) to discuss that particular grievance 😉