I've mentioned this a few times, but I have little idea how to implement it. I talked to @hivetrending when he was playing with it. I use Mastodon for the people I can follow there and there are some definite overlaps with the community and technology of Hive, as well as big differences. A lot of people there are into open source, but a fair few are anti-blockchain/crypto (perhaps based on old biases). I've mentioned Hive and not been banned yet, but some people may have muted me :)
We have great content on Hive, but the audience is limited. Being able to publish to the Fediverse would greatly expand that. As people left Twitter Mastodon gained millions of users, although some did not stick with it. I think Bluesky has benefited too, but I don't use that.
I'm sure some smart Hivers could do it. I think it needs to at least get Threads/Snaps/Wave/Dbuzz type posts across the bridge.
Castgarden includes both Hive and Peertube, but I don't fully understand how. I was putting my old podcast on there.
thanks Steve. I'm currently reading into this https://maho.dev/2024/02/a-guide-to-implementing-activitypub-in-a-static-site-or-any-website-part-3/ and will try to setup an experiment asap.
Even if it just allows people to follow Hive accounts without signing up it's useful. Feeding comments back will be harder.
I still use RSS to follow various blogs and I know there was a way to create various types of feed from Hive. We need these options.
so maybe a dedicated server translating:
what do you think @hivetrending?
This is doable. Lets see what volunteers appear, but over the next few months we definitely could help, especially if its open source
I posted on Mastodon about this idea. Got the sort of response I would expect from one guy. Some are real open source, anti-blockchain, anti-'AI' purists. I think we have to be open minded to some degree about alternative concepts. I may not be the best salesperson for Hive.
HiveToday is permanently suspended from Mastodon. And on 3/20 (Hive day) of all days!
I know you were one of our biggest fans there. A post is coming soon.
It's time for us to find a new home in the Fediverse.
Sorry to hear that. Which server was it? Another may be friendlier, but we have to be aware of the anti-crypto sentiments of some people there.
It was Mastodon.social
oh well.... you did great :)
Great ideas! Unfortunately I have no available time at the moment to commit to helping with this project.