Discourse, the free forum platform, is now joining the Fediverse.
Discourse, the free forum platform, is now joining the Fediverse.
In other news, Discourse, the free forum platform, is now joining the Fediverse. Yep, Discourse forums will become compatible with Mastodon! https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-plugin/266794/116
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Makes sense, it was already open source, just attaching to the activitypub protocol is a straightforward move.
It's everywhere too. Blogs, webcomics, special interest forums, and they will all potentially become new fediverse instances virtually by default. It's pointing to a future where people join the fediverse without knowing what it is or seeking it out. They just want to join a forum to discuss their interests.
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It could be an issue if the admin isn't prepared for it. One of the good things about it is that the posts get cached wherever they're accessed so it may actually reduce server load for a popular post.
I guess if it is an issue the admins could always disable activitypub.
If they get cached then do edits never propagate to other servers?
No, edits propagate, they just get sent as updates, and it happens pretty quick I think.
But posts are about 1/100th of the traffic in forums in general, most people are just lurking. That's the traffic that slows down servers.