BuddyPress integration with the fediverse

Software WordPress
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Continuing the discussion from About the WordPress category:

I see hcommons.org are operating a Mastodon instance too, so they might be willing to help with UX design, testing and feedback for direct BuddyPress federation over AP.

FYI there’s an open ticket on the BuddyPress tracker for ‘Integrating BuddyPress with the indieweb and fediverse’. Opened about 5 months ago. Final comment;

“Can you share more about this? Maybe some links so that I could educate myself of what this is and how BuddyPress can help.”

EDIT: I tried to open this thread in the WordPress subcategory but was not allowed.

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Yeah that’d be useful. I think @pfefferle has said it’s on their list but it’s complex and so will take a while.

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The discussion in the ticket suggests BuddyPress devs are willing to take it on themselves. But to do that they need a bit of guidance from people with more experience implementing AP. Even just a few pointers on how to get started could help.

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@strypey they could chat to @pfefferle

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Indeed they could. But Matthias may not have time to help the BuddyPress devs right now. That ticket has remained stalled for 5 months since the comment that asks;

“Can you share more about this? Maybe some links so that I could educate myself of what this is and how BuddyPress can help.”

Which suggests that a couple of quick comments and links from someone else might help. Something like a link to the Guide for new ActivityPub implementers, a link to Matthias’ AP code, and a suggestion to create an account on SH and ask questions. Enough to help them get started. Then they can dig into Matthias’ code for inspiration as they go, and ask him (or SH) questions if they get stuck.

I just tried to do it myself, but I’m having problems logging in to WordPress.org.