Chris Trottier
Despite only being validated in February, I think Group federation has been a smashing success for the Fediverse.
I use Fediverse groups every day.
And if you’re interacting with this post, so are you.
Fediverse groups even make Mastodon that much more extensible despite Mastodon itself not officially supporting groups yet.
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/feps/fep-1b12.md
Toni :mastodon:
@atomicpoet Federacion de Grupos?
Podrías explicarlo mejor?, gracias.
cc/ @p4g
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
I second this, how can I use, Facebook like (?) Groups...
Chris Trottier
@HistoPol @coloco You’re posting to a group right now by raging @fediversenews. It looks more like a group on Friendica than Mastodon, however.
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
@atomicpoet
So, this is probably like setting up a joint mail address on an e-mail server that forwards mails (posts) to the specified people of the group, correct?
What I would need, however, is to thickly "categorize" contacts into group, so as to be more targeted.
E.g. not all people who enjoy #UKpol are interested in #History, etc.
Chris Trottier
@HistoPol @coloco Well, the other difference is that @fediversenews is moderated. I can remove posts from a group, and also ban malicious actors from participating to the group.
Jupiter Rowland
Kristoff Bonne 🇪🇺 🇧🇪
@jupiter_rowland
@fediversenews Hi all, in light of what happened earlier this week, we do have to keep in mind that groups (like guppe groups) are the perfect tool for a spammer to increase his/her reach with very little effort.
Perhaps, before implementing groups, we should first look at automated spam-detection / removal systems. If this isn't done, we risk that the groups will be become vehicles for spammers, which will probably completely kill of the service.
Jupiter Rowland
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It will depend on the platform. For example, #Friendica (and to an extent #Hubzilla and #Streams), the owner of the group (and anyone else given moderation access) can block accounts. There is also chirp.social which can also block accounts.
Then there is #GNUsocial, which is a rebranded #StatusNet itself a rebranded #Laconica (the first #Fediverse software, c. 2008) have built-in groups feature; which IIRC, can also block users if needed.
Personally, services like Guppe really need to add moderation features, otherwise, what you just described will more likely happen.
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
@atomicpoet
Moderation...someI have been arguing for due to the arrival of the #Metas and #Birdsite users with very different cultures.
But is it something that I can do proactively with my threads?
Probably not, I guess, for as much as I try working in tandem with myself, I am not a group, correct?
Ed Ross
I was surprised to learn how easy it is to make a new group with https://a.gup.pe/ - just search for the group you want and it is is auto-created for you if not already made.
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