Lost Boy Mar 8
Maho 🦝🍻

I’m building a new tool and looking for volunteers to test it! A #fediverse linktree. (UPDATE: https://hub.vocalcat.com )

It’s designed for two types of people:

Normies / newcomers – Think of it like a free, privacy-respecting Linktree. No trackers, no ads. But here's the cool part: it's a Trojan horse for the fediverse. Your profile link is itself an ActivityPub actor. That means people can interact with it directly in the fediverse, and it encourages exploration of open platforms.

Fediverse users, If you have multiple accounts (#Mastodon, #Pixelfed, Loops, a federated blog…), you know the struggle: sometimes you just want one persona to follow. This tool gives you that. It doesn’t post on its own (read-only), but it boosts all your other accounts and even has its own #ActivityPub inbox. PLUS it can receive and show your badges issued by @badgefed !

Interested in testing? Right now it only supports mastodon authentication, so if you have a mastodon account reach out in private mention for the invitation code.

Feb 26 at 9:58pmWeb
Show threadjulianFeb 26
@[email protected] .... okay I'm game. What do I do?
Show threadRoberto Feb 26
@mapache @badgefed ¡Interesado!
Show threadmivox is exhausted Feb 26
@mapache @jbz @badgefed Oh that is spiffy! I would definitely like to try it out!
Show threadStephen CollinsFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed why not!?
Show threadjaz  Feb 27
@mapache very interested, would love to take a look!
Show threadEwen Bell 📸Feb 27
@mapache

Very cool idea and I can immediately see how wide adoption of this can help make the Fediverse more visible. Sign me up!
Show threadWouter Tebbens ⁂Feb 27
Hi @mapache @badgefed that covers some real needs. A federated profile, with badges and automatically boosting one's other profiles. I'd love to test it.
Show threadDoug BelshawFeb 27
@Wtebbens This is great
Show threadToasterson (Till Wegmüller)Feb 27
@mapache im in where do I join?
Show threadJason GreenFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed You’ve piqued my curiosity. I’m interested in being a tester.
Show threadAlynFeb 27

@mapache

Hiya, yes, I would like to test this. I currently use @linkstack for this, so it'll be great to see how your system works. I will need to self-host though - will that be possible?

Show threadPhilWillFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed sounds interesting
Show threadMarlene Breitenstein ArtFeb 27
@mapache I’ll take it for a spin.
Show threadwoe2youFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed Love to give it a try.
Show threadWernerFeb 27
@mapache Never used a link tree. If you need that kind of tester.
Show threadSerge K. Keller, FCD ❦ 🦣Feb 27
@mapache I would be interested in kicking the tires too, please? Thank you!
Show threadbobschiFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed @kbsez very interested in testing this. :)
Show threadHerr VoegleinFeb 27
@mapache Sounds good. Let's try it out.
Show thread𝔇𝔞𝔯k𝔴𝔬𝔩𝔣Feb 27
@mapache @badgefed I would like to this!
Show threadKotkingFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed Count me in. I have few accounts for different interests so it is up my alley. 
Show threadHéFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed Interested! ✋
Show threadMael Eoin mac EchuidFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed interested in testing! I am a member of a large international hobby group (30k+) that struggles with an over-reliance on FB. Getting more of them over here by making it easier to find others (and other features here) would be amazing
Show threadChuffFeb 27
This sounds interesting, not sure how much use I'd get out of it, but I do love trying new things, that's how I wound up here
Show threadTrezzer (aka Helvedeshunden)Feb 27
@mapache @badgefed I'm interested.
Show threadBrie CFeb 27

@mapache 🌟

Oh me oh my
I'd love to give this a try!

Show threadEndlessMasonFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed
Does it have to be purple?
Show threadgrosser_menschFeb 27
@mapache @_elena @badgefed Would love to test this!
Show threadjulsbooFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed interested, I'm essentially on masto and pixelfed with 2 different accounts as far as I know
Show threadHussein Rashid - islamoyankeeFeb 27
Interested
Show threadDouble AAFeb 27
@mapache @kotking @badgefed I like breaking new things.
Show threadMiriam's on Medical LeaveFeb 27
@mapache Ooo, would love to test it out!
Show threadcategulario 🐍 🦀 🦎 🇵🇸Feb 27
@mapache @badgefed 👀
Show threadgrøtlaus fiskegratengFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed yes I would like to test this!
Show threadskarnioFeb 27
@mapache This is one of the most interesting ideas I've seen circulating around here, and I've seen a lot! Count me in to test it.
Show threadsomcakFeb 27
@mapache I'd love to test this!
Show threadGabriel Feb 27
@mapache @badgefed Looks very neat, I'd like to try it out
Show threadDanielle ForéFeb 27
@mapache interested :)
Show threadSarFeb 27

@mapache

I'm interested 😄

Show threadChase Feb 27
@mapache I'm definitely interested in checking it out. Thanks!
Show threadIkkle Gemz Universe+Feb 27
@mapache I'd love to test it. 🙂
Show threadRoelofFeb 27
@mapache I am interested to test it.
Show threadbash2Feb 27
@mapache @badgefed 🙋🏻‍♂️
Show threadAndy PiperFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed I played around with something like this before Glitch shut down - basically an app which took the URLs for my fedi identities and created a page using the webfinger data for each of them, with tiles and links. Happy to have a look at your tool, this looks much nicer than my thing (and I'm hunting around trying to find the code for that now, and failing...)
Show threadShoqFeb 27
Well, I guess we won’t be the only one out there pushing the wonders of trees this year, though ours serves a somewhat different audience. But I see a nice fit between this and what we’re doing. It’s going to be an interesting year.
Show threadUfal SalmanFeb 27
@mapache I might be able to help to check it out
Show threadDavid McMullinFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed
Interested, thanks!
Show threadRiverFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed I've only got 1 ActivityPub account that I regularly use, but I wouldn't be opposed to testing it for at least linking to my blog and other sites. Maybe I'll throw on my rarely used BookWyrm account to I suppose.
Show threadMichael Ginsburg - Actionable Truth MediaFeb 27
Keen to try
Show threadStefan BohacekFeb 27
@mapache I'd like to try this out as well!
Show threadJohanna, CanCon varietyFeb 27
@mapache @badgefed hello! Very interested in testing, possibly also in digging around in the integration potential.
Show threadWendroid 🇺🇦Feb 27
@mapache @badgefed Hey, yeah, I think I’d like to try it out!
Show threadHeathenStormFeb 27

@mapache @badgefed

Something that collates multiple Fediverse accounts into a single followable profile is an idea that makes absolute sense.

Especially so if there's an option to show the latest updates from each of the feeds as part of the link page.

(Bonus points if it also boosts RSS updates)

Would love to have a dabble!

Show threadMaho 🦝🍻Feb 27

@heathenstorm @badgefed

Absolutely! You hit the nail.

I think we can make a better linktree. We can have featured accounts, with people showing other accounts. We can have latest updates. We can allow normies to crosspost/boost from instagram, rss, bluesky, whatever. We can do many many things.

Show threadRoland WoldtFeb 27

@mapache @badgefed

I am relatively new to this whole Fediverse thing. But why can't all tools be done in a way that they recognize an existing ID as the standard (or, in other words, I'd like to avoid multiple accounts in the first place)?

Is that possible?

Show threadMaho 🦝🍻Feb 27

@rolandwoldt @badgefed it is possible but technically difficult. There have been many discussions about it.

There was a time that you could login with your mastodon account in pixelfed. This is one of the most pressing things, id, portability, etc. It is definitely something the community wants to figure it out.