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Plugins for fediverse platforms. (hachyderm.io)
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Plugins for fediverse platforms.

Where is this up to? Is anyone thinking along these lines?

I've seen @db0 espouse such (eg https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/8581651) (sorry for the tag if annoying).

I've certainly thought of it myself ... because it's a pretty obvious idea for an ecosystem aiming for richness and sustainability.

Seems a perfect fit for reusable moderation tooling too, rather than each new platforms having that trouble.

This is essentially #bluesky 's idea it seems.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think generic apub plugins will work, but a plugin system for lemmy makes a lot of sense and pople like me could then help add the features we need

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Perhaps, but as far as I understand the Lemmy code base, that would be pretty difficult to pull off. With changes that intensive, you'll probably end up with a Lemmy fork.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Plugin a thing in so many software, from firefox, to wordpress, to godot engine, to unity engine to whatever else. I doubt it's something extraordinary to pull off

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Yes, and they all have very deliberate APIs to make that possible. I'm sure it can be done, but I don't think it'll be merged into Lemmy with how overworked the devs already are.

But don't feel too discouraged, I'm sure the community will welcome your contributions if you can design a good API and build a proof of concept!