Notices by Colin Devroe (cdevroe@mastodon.social), page 2

@pfefferle Something seems broken with blog comment replies. See this post. I used to be able to reply to comments... but now the only button there is “Reply on the Fediverse”. Any ideas?

https://cdevroe.com/2025/06/26/8734/

@pfefferle

- How can I use my blog's user as my main Mastodon account? Is that reasonable to think about?
- If I did, would my site need a lot more resources to keep up with requests, storage, etc?
- Can I use an app like Ivory to post, follow accounts, etc?

@pfefferle I have to give it more thought, but I believe so. It seems the plugin is going to end up becoming far too bloated for what I thought it would do (syndicate content). And it results mostly in tagging/like spam. None of which is a critique on any one's hard work on this... it just may not be for me. I haven't decided yet, but I think I will end up uninstalling. So I want to know the best way to do so without leaving a bunch of endpoints or files.

@pfefferle 👋 Is there a guide for safely off-boarding from the ActivityPub plugin from a site?

I promise I had no idea that Pixelfed would be launching their iOS app publicly on the same day I published this blog post. :)

https://cdevroe.com/2025/01/14/pixelfeds-moment/

#Pixelfed
https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113827215345246692

@Gargron Please take a break. Enjoy! See you next year!

@Gargron @pfefferle Is there any documentation on what the CSPs should be? I'm allowing iframes from this instance (and, as far as I can tell, the iframe is what loads the embed JS?)?

@Gargron Last I used this feature (years ago now) I had to follow the account to add them to a List. Is that still the case?

Well, there it is.

Yes, every Threads account should be able to follow any account on the fediverse. But this is a good start.

Fediverse mentions next? @pcottle@threads.net @pcottle@cyberplace.social https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/DDKf6uTPWSg

@Gargron I'm finally getting a chance to fix the content security policy on my site. What would you recommend I set it to so that embeds from most instances would work?

@Gargron I like your Hashtag of the Year! :)

@pfefferle yes! Film photography and darkroom printing have been very rewarding to me. But not my wallet! I hope you find something you love to do.

@pfefferle @mattwiebe Is there anyway to force an account/profile to recache the avatar? @stupid has the default gravatar for weeks.

I can’t believe it. Thanks Bluesky? Whatever the reason, more of this from Meta please. Now do Instagram!
https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/DCzYnv8yNeJ

@pfefferle For now, I could enable ActivityPub for my author only when I'm creating comments. 😅

@pfefferle I like to keep you on your toes!

@pfefferle That is my guess. I'm like your worst nightmare!

@pfefferle That makes total sense. Thank you!

So, is there a way to restore the “reply on the fediverse" link for my user despite having ActivityPub turned off for my author? (I know, I'm a huge pain!)

@pfefferle I can confirm that is the case... If I open my blog in an incognito window, I see the “Reply on the Fediverse" link... but I do not see WordPress' default "reply” link. Unsure why.

@pfefferle I believe the "reply" link on comments is missing after a recent update to the ActivityPub plugin. I can write an issue if you think that could be true?

Could it be related to my author not being active for ActivityPub? Also, why would the default WordPress reply link disappear (instead of just the federated reply link)?