Anyway I’m really interested in the channel.org shit because if all they are is a bunch of bots that immediately boost any post containing certain hashtags I’m just gonna defed
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@puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social damn it seems to be a custom server?
@BlankEclair@catgirl.center yeah idk what the fuck why
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Anyway I’m really interested in the channel.org shit because if all they are is a bunch of bots that immediately boost any post containing certain hashtags I’m just gonna defed
@puppygirlhornypost2 Essentially yes? They're trying to do topic-based custom feeds, for people who want to read a bunch of posts about $thing but don't want to first cultivate a list of people who post about it. I think some of it is through hashtags but not all. I'm definitely not super in tune with the details.
But the people running it are really nice and approachable in my experience, I can tag 'em in if you want to ask any questions directly.
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@puppygirlhornypost2 Essentially yes? They're trying to do topic-based custom feeds, for people who want to read a bunch of posts about $thing but don't want to first cultivate a list of people who post about it. I think some of it is through hashtags but not all. I'm definitely not super in tune with the details.
But the people running it are really nice and approachable in my experience, I can tag 'em in if you want to ask any questions directly.
@julian@fietkau.social I think it's a cool project, it definitely has its uses. I'm just concerned about the potential for someone to type a hashtag and then end up in the bot feed without knowing.
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@julian@fietkau.social I think it's a cool project, it definitely has its uses. I'm just concerned about the potential for someone to type a hashtag and then end up in the bot feed without knowing.
@puppygirlhornypost2 I can see different judgment calls on the extent to which that's an issue. I usually fall on the side of, if the post is public and uses hashtags, the author probably wanted it to be widely seen. Though I wonder if channel.org respects #nobot.
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@julian@fietkau.social I think it's a cool project, it definitely has its uses. I'm just concerned about the potential for someone to type a hashtag and then end up in the bot feed without knowing.
@julian@fietkau.social Actually - I am curious, is there a way to opt out of that behavior without having to defederate them? If there's something I could put in /.well-known or anything that would prevent the channels from automatically boosting posts with certain hashtags I'd undo the defed.
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@puppygirlhornypost2 I can see different judgment calls on the extent to which that's an issue. I usually fall on the side of, if the post is public and uses hashtags, the author probably wanted it to be widely seen. Though I wonder if channel.org respects #nobot.
@julian@fietkau.social I mean yeah, the only real problem I have is that it can be jarring for someone to post to a certain hashtag and get boosts immediately after. I'm aware on mastodon you can follow hashtags. Certainly a good question about #nobot too (and #noindex?)
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@julian@fietkau.social Actually - I am curious, is there a way to opt out of that behavior without having to defederate them? If there's something I could put in /.well-known or anything that would prevent the channels from automatically boosting posts with certain hashtags I'd undo the defed.
@puppygirlhornypost2 No idea, I'd have to ask them. Can I anonymously copy & paste your question?
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@puppygirlhornypost2 No idea, I'd have to ask them. Can I anonymously copy & paste your question?
@julian@fietkau.social Absolutely!
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@puppygirlhornypost2 Left Michael a message, he's in the UK so probably won't reply before tomorrow.
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@puppygirlhornypost2 Essentially yes? They're trying to do topic-based custom feeds, for people who want to read a bunch of posts about $thing but don't want to first cultivate a list of people who post about it. I think some of it is through hashtags but not all. I'm definitely not super in tune with the details.
But the people running it are really nice and approachable in my experience, I can tag 'em in if you want to ask any questions directly.
@julian@fietkau.social @puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social the way I see it, channel.org, or NewsMast in general, is trying in their own way to solve the problem of quiet fedi through something akin to starter packs.
I think it's potentially a good way to populate an instance with content without needing to rely on relays, but I am not sure what the SNR is like...
I'm interested in integrating their API so that new installs of NodeBB have access to NewsMast feeds. They've been very helpful in opening up their API for me to integrate.
