<div dir="ltr"><div>What's the kwlug website running? If it's something off-the-shelf like WordPress or Drupal, there may be ActivityPub plugin, which would put it directly in the fediverse without any more work than that.<br><br></div><div>Interacting with people, promoting the feed, etc., is another matter entirely. But just getting announcements out to the fediverse is a doddle. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Darcy.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 2:51 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Well, if somebody wants to host some kind of Fediverse instance (and<br>
is promising to babysit it) then that is fine, and I can set the<br>
DNS to point a <a href="http://kwlug.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">kwlug.org</a> subdomain to it. However, the person<br>
babysitting that instance will not be me.<br>
<br>
- Paul<br>
<br>
On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 02:05:44AM -0500, Bob Jonkman wrote:<br>
> No, sorry, the StatusNet instance is down forever, and the<br>
> @<a href="mailto:KWLUG@sn.jonkman.ca" target="_blank">KWLUG@sn.jonkman.ca</a> account with it. The software was replaced by<br>
> GNUsocial, but none of the accounts were migrated except my own. Selfish, I<br>
> know.<br>
> <br>
> This is a great opportunity for KWLUG to set up their own instance in the<br>
> Fediverse. The Mastodon software is the most popular at the moment, but I'm<br>
> still partial to GNUsocial. And there are a number of KWLUG members who<br>
> host Friendica or Hubzilla instances. Since those allow longer-form text,<br>
> they may be a better choice for KWLUG, if the mailing list activity is<br>
> anything to go by.<br>
> <br>
> --Bob.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On 2022-11-06 19:39, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:<br>
> > <br>
> > I believe there was a StatusNet instance here:<br>
> > <a href="https://sn.jonkman.ca/kwlug" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sn.jonkman.ca/kwlug</a> but it is now defunct. If you have the<br>
> > tuits, I recommend starting up a new KWLUG account somewhere on<br>
> > Mastodon. Then if the old account revives itself your account and<br>
> > Bob's account can fight until one of you wins the blue checkmark.<br>
> > <br>
> > In terms of where to create the account: I think one of the popular<br>
> > public servers is a safe bet, but if any KWLUG members is running a<br>
> > server and promises to maintain it for a while then it could go there.<br>
> > (Am I correct in thinking that people can migrate their accounts<br>
> > across the Fediverse?)<br>
> > <br>
> > - Paul<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > On Sun, Nov 06, 2022 at 02:38:43PM -0500, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:<br>
> > > Hi everyone,<br>
> > > <br>
> > > Finally following up our discussions about promotion, and now it is<br>
> > > overlapping with Twitter drama...<br>
> > > <br>
> > > I created a tweet for Mondays meeting:<br>
> > > <br>
> > > <a href="https://twitter.com/kwlug/status/1589305624646516738" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/kwlug/status/1589305624646516738</a><br>
> > > <br>
> > > If anyone who is on twitter, and would like to help promote, could you<br>
> > > please like and re-tweet?<br>
> > > <br>
> > > Thanks<br>
> > > <br>
> > > Andrew<br>
> > > <br>
> > > (P.S.: Related, where in the fediverse should we start posting? Any<br>
> > > suggestions are welcome.)<br>
> > > <br>
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