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Can you link some of those interesting developers? I haven't found many interesting devs to follow yet. Already found Drew here: https://cmpwn.com/@sir https:/

by eterps 7y ago

Can you link some of those interesting developers? I haven't found many interesting devs to follow yet. Already found Drew here: https://cmpwn.com/@sir https://cmpwn.com/@sir

Kye 7y ago
Someone set up a community directory. https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Linux https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Linux https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/FLOSS https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/FLOSS The list with all the categories: https://communitywiki.org/trunk/ https://communitywiki.org/trunk/
- eterps 7y ago
  Hmmm, would've been useful if I could see those as a 'grouped' timeline to get an impression of the posted content and follow people with content you like. (As opposed to clicking on hundreds of links individually) It would even be more useful if you could have a dynamically rendered timeline of multiple people with a single URL (sort of like a multireddit).
- jpeeler 7y ago
  As somebody who has followed exactly one person before seeing these links, I appreciate the list. But wow, is there no better way to follow than a three click operation? click one: click "follow" initially click two: submit id to home server, "proceed" click three: yes, really "follow" and click again Also, those lists intersect quite a bit.
  - Kye 7y ago
    It does have a Minimum Viable Product feel. https://alexschroeder.ch/software/Trunk https://alexschroeder.ch/software/Trunk As far as custom issue trackers go, this one isn't too bad. You could suggest an improvement. If you know perl, you could even write your own extension to provide this functionality.
  - jamesgeck0 7y ago
    That's only the flow if you click "follow" when you're looking at a profile on a third party server. If you come across that same profile in your server's federated timeline, it's a one click operation.
  - egypturnash 7y ago
    Paste link/username into the search box above the new toot box, hit return, the user will appear in the UI of your home server, hit the ‘follow’ button, done. Probably about the same number of clicks, admittedly, but it may feel faster.
  - WorldMaker 7y ago
    This site could ask you to sign in with your home instance first, then Follow would be a single click operation as it could call the appropriate API call on your home instance. (It could even show you which ones you already follow in that case.) It would require quite a bit more code though to get the OAuth flow in place. The Twitter bridge takes this approach. https://bridge.joinmastodon.org/ https://bridge.joinmastodon.org/ It's open source and could be used as example code for the community list tool. (https://source.joinmastodon.org/mastodon/bridge https://source.joinmastodon.org/mastodon/bridge)
    - Kye 7y ago
      The bridge died when Eugen deactivated his personal Twitter. He couldn't get an API key for the project account.

by eterps 7y ago

Can you link some of those interesting developers? I haven't found many interesting devs to follow yet. Already found Drew here: https://cmpwn.com/@sir https://cmpwn.com/@sir

Kye 7y ago

Someone set up a community directory. https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Linux https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/Linux https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/FLOSS https://communitywiki.org/trunk/grab/FLOSS The list with all the categories: https://communitywiki.org/trunk/ https://communitywiki.org/trunk/

eterps 7y ago
Hmmm, would've been useful if I could see those as a 'grouped' timeline to get an impression of the posted content and follow people with content you like. (As opposed to clicking on hundreds of links individually) It would even be more useful if you could have a dynamically rendered timeline of multiple people with a single URL (sort of like a multireddit).
jpeeler 7y ago
As somebody who has followed exactly one person before seeing these links, I appreciate the list. But wow, is there no better way to follow than a three click operation? click one: click "follow" initially click two: submit id to home server, "proceed" click three: yes, really "follow" and click again Also, those lists intersect quite a bit.
- Kye 7y ago
  It does have a Minimum Viable Product feel. https://alexschroeder.ch/software/Trunk https://alexschroeder.ch/software/Trunk As far as custom issue trackers go, this one isn't too bad. You could suggest an improvement. If you know perl, you could even write your own extension to provide this functionality.
- jamesgeck0 7y ago
  That's only the flow if you click "follow" when you're looking at a profile on a third party server. If you come across that same profile in your server's federated timeline, it's a one click operation.
- egypturnash 7y ago
  Paste link/username into the search box above the new toot box, hit return, the user will appear in the UI of your home server, hit the ‘follow’ button, done. Probably about the same number of clicks, admittedly, but it may feel faster.
- WorldMaker 7y ago
  This site could ask you to sign in with your home instance first, then Follow would be a single click operation as it could call the appropriate API call on your home instance. (It could even show you which ones you already follow in that case.) It would require quite a bit more code though to get the OAuth flow in place. The Twitter bridge takes this approach. https://bridge.joinmastodon.org/ https://bridge.joinmastodon.org/ It's open source and could be used as example code for the community list tool. (https://source.joinmastodon.org/mastodon/bridge https://source.joinmastodon.org/mastodon/bridge)
  - Kye 7y ago
    The bridge died when Eugen deactivated his personal Twitter. He couldn't get an API key for the project account.