Yeah, it didn't let me select it when the file dialog box opened 😅
Oops we have two allow-lists, one of extensions and one of mime types, I'll merge them so we avoid this confusion in future.
A bonfire builder. They/them.
I'm interested in the "follow org accounts" use case – can we use boundaries to manage an account collectively without having to share the password? Which means posting, but also click-sharing as $ORG @BonfireBuilders #bonfire_feedback
Yeah this is possible with the current "shared user" feature, though we want to improve its UX.
I have a suggestion for Bonfire: adding tags to existing posts doesn't seem to work 😅
(also I had to convert this webm screen recording to mp4 - could you enable webm as valid upload format/extension?)
@BonfireBuilders #bonfire_feedback
Seems webm is already allowed. Maybe the mime type isn't being recognised correctly though...
@mayel Hmmm... I'm not sure how to even get to that settings tab?
You can view/edit both your circles and boundaries in settings: playground.bonfire.cafe/sett...
Have you checked the circle's Settings tab?
The deletion confirmation modal says "The circle will be permanently deleted. This action may affect all the activities that included this circle."
I guess we could explain what happens (things shared with local users in that circle won't be anymore, but things shared with remote users may still be).
I have a suggestion for Bonfire: small typo 'cam' instead of 'can' but my main question is about deleting circles/boundaries. Is it possible at the moment? What would happen?
@BonfireBuilders #bonfire_feedback
Have you checked the circle's Settings tab?
Oh, just noticed another small typo under 'Public' on that screenshot - should be 'Discoverable' instead of 'Discoveranle'
Thanks! fixing those now
I have a suggestion for Bonfire: my opinion is that the top-left compose space is too busy and overwhelming.
Questions (rather than solutions) - especially for @ivan
- Does the 'Create' button (compose a post / create a topic) need to even exist? The reason I ask is that it might be conceptually easier to add topics after posts/threads exist rather than beforehand.
- Would it be better to move the circles/boundaries indicator (by default 'Public') below the post creation box? In terms of workflow, at least for me I want to know what it is I'm saying before deciding which audience it's for...
In general, and I'd love to talk with you more about this, I think people are going to get quite confused about the difference between (a) posts within topics, and (b) circles/boundaries.
@BonfireBuilders #bonfire_feedback
Have you tried the other compose options in settings? playground.bonfire.cafe/post...
Yeah that's a known issue we haven't yet been able to resolve: github.com/bonfire-networks/...
Mayel
boosted
Still on holiday and taking a break from social media in general, but sharing this here as it's relevanito the kinds of conversations that (I believe) @BonfireBuilders are trying to create... dougbelshaw.com/blog/2022/08...
The playground has been upgraded with a few fixes and improvements, some of which are listed on the changelog... Feedback welcome as always!
One of the changes involves setting a preferred way to write posts. You may want to try the three options out and see what works for you!
The playground has been upgraded with a few fixes and improvements, some of which are listed on the changelog... Feedback welcome as always!
Since you posted this with the "Public" boundary, everyone can see it, and it is specifically shown to your followers, the followers of +Tropic_is_no_fun and in the "Local" feed.
they share similarities, but the focus of topics is more about collecting and curating information to share with a broader scope (eg. all subscribed users) - think of it more as a "magazine" with its editorial team, or "channels" (like in several chat applications) but on steroids
Topics are similar to the way a.gup.pe implemented groups on the fediverse. I think of them more like "federated hashtags".
You can include one or multiple topics (using + mentions, which share similarities with both @ mentions or # tagging) is the text of a post, and that post is still published in your timeline and your followers' feeds as usual, and in addition submitted (or published directly, depending on the topic's boundaries) to the topic's timeline and to followers of the topic.
This is different from typical groups where you usually post 'in' just one group at a time, and the group moderators sort-of "own" the post (they can delete it for example, whereas with topics they only control whether the post is shown/shared by the topic). This also does away with cross-posting something in several places, since one canonical post can be shared in multiple places.
In our implementation, you can also add tag something you or somebody else posted (depending on the post's boundaries) at any any time, not only when initially posting.
+facebook_is_better_than_bonfire boundaries and circles are integrated in topics, so you were able to add this sub-topic because the parent topic has open boundaries (public), but you can create topics where only some circles can publish (in which case things they tag end up in the Submitted tab and don't appear in the feeds of topic followers) or create sub-topics, etc
Opportunity for anyone who may be interested in learning how to program Elixir (the main language in Bonfire): twitter.com/thejuliams/statu...
The playground has been upgraded with a few tweaks plus an initial release of the topics functionality. Keen to see how you all use it! We need to add some docs, but in the meantime you should know you can tag a topic in a post by using + for a mention instead of @, so for example +bonfire +fediverse
