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✨ Grifter-free Fediverse Discovery

We built an opt-in directory of people using bio hashtags as topics.

fediverse.info/explore/people

One more thing, we're building an API to power discovery and follow recommendations in our project and the API will be open and available to anyone, including other fediverse projects! #fediverseInfo

fediverse.infofediverse.infoThe fediverse is a new social protocol for everyone, a diverse community of interconnected social platforms powered by ActivityPub.

So I finally figured out the spotty federation in @pixelfed, a legacy spam prevention measure caused remote posts/comments to be rejected if the remote account had 0 local followers.

It's embarrassing that it took this long to fix, I've been so busy with #pixelfedApp, #fediDB, #fediverseInfo and a few other projects that I haven't been able to focus on #pixelfed like I should.

I'll be laser focused on @pixelfed for the next month, just in time for our 5th birthday 😉

I want the new fediverse.info/explore/people People Directory to be easier to browse, so when you search or click on a topic that isn't popular you'll see a red X that you can click to remove.

Now I'm thinking about adding advanced filtering so you can hide results based on topics, domains and usernames.

Also considering adding Lists support so you can build and curate lists of accounts that are easily shareable.

Imma ship this before I get too carried away 😅 #fediverseInfo #peopleDirectory

How can I improve the fediverse.info people directory?

I have a few ideas:

- Allow registration via statuses that contain hashtag topics so you don't need to pollute your bio

- User avatars (held off on this as it would require moderation)

- Topic intersection (group results by multiple topics)

- Filter by instance/domain

- Use localStorage to keep track of profiles you seen to show fresher results

Any more? Boosts appreciated! #fediverseInfo #activitypub

fediverse.infofediverse.infoThe fediverse is a new social protocol for everyone, a diverse community of interconnected social platforms powered by ActivityPub.

One week ago I launched fediverse.info

Since then, 515 people registered and have been added to 1800+ topics!

Discovery is important, and while we strive to fill this void, our ultimate goal is to help standardize discovery across the fediverse.

Every #fedi project should have this directory! #activitypub #fediverse #fediverseInfo

fediverse.infofediverse.infoThe fediverse is a new social protocol for everyone, a diverse community of interconnected social platforms powered by ActivityPub.