From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 10991 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2020 18:01:20 -0000 Received: from lists1.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.208) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 24 Sep 2020 18:01:20 -0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by lists1.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLVYQ-00G9NY-5C; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:01:14 -0500 Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32]) by lists1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLVYM-00G9Lg-QS for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:01:10 -0500 Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]) by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94) (envelope-from ) id 1kLVYJ-001v2E-M8 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 13:01:10 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Date:Subject: From:To:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=TVHqr9/wDC00XsC7wDGHcfRlv3GU1ED0LaK+oUXH4y8=; b=Wo4gvRHNF24mtgKMubTWPb3K7l B5pSuOSP4WqvxNuurSR6rzrEzHDCd7e7aQuX3+7CEyeoa7nN+nL9/G/kVJqtYT0Lv1GgvUOim6LNz 2An4bTXc8ij7tIhmHH2d0WGEdflwLFFZGbqaM28/00fuLD0brIaDWFYvs81ZBHzcTSfw=; Received: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de ([116.202.254.214] helo=ciao.gmane.io) by quimby with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kLVYB-0000zU-VZ for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:01:03 +0200 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kLVYB-0007Rp-I8 for ding@gnus.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:00:59 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org To: ding@gnus.org From: Steinar Bang Subject: Re: Any interest in creating an nnfediverse backend? Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 20:00:55 +0200 Organization: Probably a good idea Message-ID: <86mu1f6omg.fsf@dod.no> References: <86r1qr6u9n.fsf@dod.no> <874knndsg5.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:yjSmf68CxEP31uQxorcjQCws3a8= Mail-Copies-To: never List-ID: Precedence: bulk >>>>> Eric Abrahamsen : > But these all must have their own APIs and protocols, right? I doubt > it will be possible to write one nnfediverse backend that could serve > all these different services -- we'd need an nnmastodon, > nndiaspora... etc. Most probably, yes. > Not to say it couldn't be done! I wonder about usability, though. The > more a service moves away from "email-like" and towards the direction > of "chat-like", the less appropriate Gnus will be, I think. Mastodon > is probably fine, but I don't know how diaspora works. Well It's similar in many ways, but postings can be longer (not limited to the 500 characters of a "toot"). And replies are similar to comments on online newspaper articles. They also have a concept named "aspects" that I find a little hard to grasp. I haven't found an equivalent to facebook groups. (mind, my knowledge of facebook is entirely second hand. So I may not have grasped what facebook groups are, either. I'm #zuckervegan (ie. no facebook, instagram or snapchat)) > It would be nice to have Gnus handle pub/sub stuff, too. Yes, it would.