Trying out the fediverse for the first time today. I've been reading a lot about it, now it's time to figure out how it works and build an internet home here.
My goal is to figure out how I can bring https://gobikecamping.com/ into the fediverse and help people who love bike touring own their data and escape the metaverse.
#NewHere #introduction
@theraccoonbytes I would love any advice you have. The website is just a NextJS app that I've built. I'm starting to build a blogging platform around the map on the website.
I don't fully understand yet how I'd then get that on the fediverse. Do I fork an existing platform and build on that so that when you open one of these posts on my serve you can see all of the enhanced features, like mapping and gpx downloads?
I don't think I fully grasp how this is all wired up yet.
@spencexyz I created an article, well a series of posts, you may want to take a look.
It is one @blog but this is the direct link:
https://maho.dev/2024/02/a-guide-to-implement-activitypub-in-a-static-site-or-any-website/
Hi! I have created this index for easy navigation. In Part 1, we will discuss why it is important to bring your site to the Fediverse. In Part 2, we will delve into an overview of the design of my implementation. In Part 3, we will make your blog discovereable in the fediverse. In Part 4, we will generate our notes and outbox, which contains posts ready to be shared in the Fediverse. Part 5, is an interlude to implement a subscribing to your site feature with fediverse accounts.
@spencexyz Have you found the #BikeTooter and #BikeNite folks yet? I think a lot of people are very tired of Meta right now.
Welcome here!
@spencexyz @StaceyCornelius #bikenite runs every Friday from 7-8pm (eastern time) though a lot of the folks are based in CA (4-5pm their time)
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Sometimes it gets super-geeky, and sometimes itβs light-hearted, but your content would be very welcome!
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βOwn their dataβ sounds interestingly nerdy - all the way down to the hardware on their bikes, or on a server they own ?cooperatively?, or what?
(Eta, oh, I see at least one hosting expert has already answered! Good stuff.)
@clew right now it refers to content you put online, like photos and posts you make about your long distance bicycle adventures.
long term, I'd love to see a federated version of Strava. every year they cut down their api access further and further. but it's our data and we should be able to share with any external apps we want.
I'm trying to figure out how I can use the tools I'm building to expose more cyclists to the fediverse and help fuel that demand.
@spencexyz
> Is there a website that shows federated projects that people are building?
There's a few. I'll leave other maintainers to pitch their own, but I'm involved with;
https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous/
... which is based on data gathering on this watchlist;
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/wiki/ActivityPub-server-watchlist
FYI they both need some major updates, but I was recently shouldertapped to take over as Lead Goose, and we're working on it!
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Just added wanderer.to to that AP watchlist, and I'll add your project to our 'considering federation' watchlist for now;
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediparty/wiki/considering-federation-watchlist
Just so I can find you and this thread again. But as soon as you commit to implementing ActivityPub, please let me know, and I'll move gobikecamping.com to the main watchlist.
FYI This old wiki page is also heavily out-of-date and may be due for retirement. We're still deciding.
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You can check the 3 fedi-related delightful lists at https://delightful.coding.social
@spencexyz @clew This sounds related to what https://pixelfed.org/ does
(p.s. Welcome! Delighted to see more bikers on here)
hey @Bonfire ! i saw this thread and thought you might be interested. there are currently solutions like OpenTracks for tracking physical activity statistics, but none have direct integration with ActivityPub for social sharing. A bonfire extension to integrate with an existing activity tracker could help many cyclists, hikers, runners, and more activity clubs migrate from Strava to communities on the fediverse 
That'd be a cool extension indeed! Have you also looked at wanderer.to ?
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Hey @haraldkliems, youβve had a lot of experience with Strava and the various alternatives, right? Any thoughts on what would make an open β and possibly federated β alternative viable?
@haraldkliems @kaleb @openstreetmap the platform started out just POIs on a map. I found it hard to use open street maps to view the data I wanted about the campgrounds. In the future, I'd like to have the platform sync with OSM so people can see the data in other places.
right now I'm exploring other functionality for the site similar to things that https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/ has. But modernized with new functionality that I would like to have.
I am interested in bike camping. I followed you.
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Hi Spencer, welcome π
If you want an easy-to-understand guide to how this place works, have a look at the website https://fedi.tips (especially the section marked "Quick Start").
Please feel free to ask if you want help with anything specific, I am trying to provide unofficial tech support on here π
@NotYours there isn't any data right now for the EU, just because no one has added any.
I've been focused on US and Canada right now since that's what I know and have experience with. I hope to expand to the EU as I run out of data to add in the US and start seeking out stuff for the EU.
Welcome! There are lots of very interesting people here. You are responsible for finding your folks.
What I do is when someone posts something interesting, I tap on their avatar image left of their screen name at the top of their post and look at their profile page. If they seem like interesting people, I follow them. If someone turns out to be not who you thought, you can unfollow them later. Follow lots of people starting out.
@spencexyz Welcome!
If you like cycling, check out #BikeNite, an (a)synchronous chat hour that happens weekly with community-submitted questions. https://sfba.social/@ascentale/115946898318048700 #BikeTooter
Have you seen https://wanderer.to/ it's an ActivityPub connected trail database
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