@lodion The instance I noticed this on was activitypub.space. It is still not able to access content from aussie.zone.It sets `NodeBB/<version> (url)` in its user agent.

@claudius I know, I have think about it, but that means probably dirty money. Or regulations.

Good, I never saw the point of those meetings.

NodeBB now sneaks in a mention to the category/community, and this gets pre-filled in the Mastodon composer. I tested it against piefed's crust instance, and the response from Mastodon to my post on NodeBB successfully made its way to crust for distribution <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f389.png?v=1a14cd885f9" title="" /> @rimu@piefed.social [image: 1772652313700-020a80cf-d0b0-4fbf-aa5a-20b951a109ef-image.jpeg]

The next version of NodeBB (v4.10.0) will ship with the ability to set alt-text with images <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/270d.png?v=ea6b9a25659" title="" /> While this was already natively supported in-site, the alt text wasn't federated out until now. Thanks to @kirk@social.coop who filed the original bug report (a long time ago actually <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f62c.png?v=ea6b9a25659" title="" />) [image: 1772482171043-1ec3788f-8457-49a8-bc9c-e87c2385b38a-image.jpeg]

I've been so busy preparing for FediMTL the past two weeks that I totally forgot to actually register for the FediForum unworkshop! Oops! <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f605.png?v=ea6b9a25659" title="" /> I look forward to reading the discussions that ensue from it though.

Less scroll. More soul.@julian presented a case study on building community from the ground up — making the case for forums over feeds at @info #nodebb #fedimtl #forumsoftware #doomscroll #communitybuilding

In Italy, we've attempted this experiment at https://citiverse.it, which we haven't yet adequately promoted. However, it's a NodeBB instance designed primarily to create an alternative to local Facebook groups. The entire first section is made up of categories hierarchically coordinated by regions, cities, provincial capitals, and localities. Thanks to NodeBB's features, we were able to begin capturing some posts from the Fediverse, especially from Mastodon, and some categories have finally been populated by actual users who decided to mention them directly from the Fediverse or who signed up to the forum to publish new posts. We don't claim to be the official forum for all Italian communities. But the greatest advantage NodeBB offers is that if one day someone were to decide to create an entire forum dedicated to a region or a single city, we could simply deactivate that category or subcategory and link the newly created category as a remote category. All this has been possible thanks to the fact that in just over a year, NodeBB has become a fantastic and extremely versatile tool.

@julian I wasn't (based in Edmonton now). Meet up would be great, hope I can time my next visit with one of Foulab's monthly fediverse nights !

@thisismissem oh dear! Possibly you could enable push notifications instead, although then you're trading one notification type for another. Lots of notifications for replies to the same topic?

Train tickets booked Accommodations secured Notes and slides prepared This coming Tuesday (the 24th!) I'll be speaking at FediMTL, super stoked to be talking about my experiences building community on the fediverse. If you can't make it in-person (the last day to buy in-person tickets is today!), the Social Web Foundation is offering a 50% discount on live streaming tickets with the code SWF50. Just go here! ️ https://lepointdevente.com/billets/mns260224002?lang=en

@samerion ouch, sounds like a bug! Can you open a bug report on our github repo please?

Awkward... I think there's a regression in the NodeBB codebase that broke NodeBB-NodeBB federation. ..... <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f613.png?v=c030235dbd9" title="" />

Right now, when you cross-post something to your forum, it is represented by the "clone" icon, or two overlapping squares. [image: 1770841666165-d26d9d3e-7130-418e-af8b-cf4e86a7a550-image.jpeg] Do you think the "shuffle" icon works better? [image: 1770841650435-eab40481-634a-439d-855d-d66d143a7177-image.jpeg]

I'm really enjoying NodeBB. For me it's like a nice alternative to Mastodon's Bookmarks feature. Instead of having posts I want saved in some long list, I can easily sort in NodeBB by the categories on my board when I add the posts.It also works as a nice alternative to lists for Mastodon. Mastodon only allows accounts added to lists if you already follow them. So with NodeBB, I can subscribe categories to accounts then use those as my lists instead.Love it.#nodebb #fediverse #mastodon

@dansup discord cannot go wrong since they use rust

@julian@activitypub.space Got everything figured out! There were some permissions issues that needed sorted out on the host machine, and I rebuilt nodebb to ensure everything wrote to the container space with proper permissions and successfully. Looks like federation is working just fine on my board now!