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StatusNet Groups

#14

Reported by Steve Klabnik · March 31st, 2011 @ 04:56 PM

State: open
Milestone: Full ostatus support
Assigned to: nobody

Activity

  1. singpolyma
    singpolyma

    Some problems with using special "groups" instead of just making every hashtag a "group" (ie: OStatus-enabled/followable hashtags):

    1) Usually introduces special new microsyntax
    2) Can cause data duplication (if someone wants something to be tagged and also go to a group)
    3) Can be an excuse to not implement followable hashtags (even thouh those are really useful by themselves)

    March 31st, 2011 @ 08:01 PM

  2. Steve Klabnik
    Steve Klabnik
    • State changed from new to open
    • Milestone set to Full ostatus support
    • Milestone order changed from 13 to 0

    I do agree that groups are awkward. They are part of the ostatus spec, though, so at least the gem should properly support them.

    I do like the idea of making hashtags groups, and no other way of doing it, though. I do agree that the whole !whatever syntax is kinda awkward.

    April 2nd, 2011 @ 07:56 PM

  3. singpolyma
    singpolyma

    Sure, this is a part of the OStatus spec that was a bit poorly done, since really groups are just users that repeat whatever you Salmon to them, but whatever.

    +1 to implementing groups at the protocol level but making them indistinguishable from hashtags in the UI.

    April 4th, 2011 @ 03:58 PM

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