Trying to get #NodeBB running on my #FreeBSD #NAS this morning. Following the official instructions on their website; installed the dependencies; Cloned the git repo; Had a bit of a kerfuffle with installing GCC, but I think I got that sorted; The build went without a hitch, but starting the server barfed an exception about an inspired eslint library version :-(. I tried a bit of version adjusting in packages.json but that just caused another, different exception, because it seems the versions are all pinned. I'm no expert on npm or node so my troubleshooting abilities are limited, so I've filled a bug report.

Started to look at what modern forums look like now. Besides #discourse.

#nodebb is nice. Somewhat simple. #nodejs, #redis, and #mongodb.

#flarum is very intuitive. #php and #mariadb. Runs light and smooth.

Flarum liking for simplicity. Although nodebb has fediverse magic.

Ah cool @baris fixed one of the #NodeBB bugs I filed in February!
https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB/issues/13205#event-17094664390

tl;dr — you can now find remote categories and see your tracked/watched categories in /world.

A new alpha version of NodeBB was tagged today: v4.3.0-alpha.3. The biggest change is to the /world route, which up until now showed a list of topics from outside of the local NodeBB instance.

New to this alpha release:

1. A quick search widget was added, allowing you to directly search for remote categories. There is no need to navigate to to the search page to discover new categories.
2. Your list of tracked and watched categories will show at the top of the page.
   • "Tracking" and "Watching" categories—both local and remote—is how content discovery happens in NodeBB. Tracked categories will have new content show up in the "unread" page, while watched categories take that a step further and notify you when new content is posted.
   • Tracking and watching a category will tell NodeBB to subscribe to that remote community for updates

At this time we're continuing to look for stability issues with the remote category integration. We'll be working on QoL fixes as we move into the beta phase this/next week.

Storföretagens entré

https://fedinyheter.nyhetskartan.se/storforetagens-entre/

Today I learned that #PieFed has RSS feeds for at least Topics and Communities.

That community one is a hoot - PieFed, serving up a #NodeBB forum as an RSS feed. ActivityPub is bonkers.

https://piefed.social/topic/fediverse.rss

https://piefed.social/community/activitypub@community.nodebb.org/feed

Exciting community updates! 2TonWaffle is evolving with a clearer focus for both our main site and Indie Creator Hub. We're fully embracing the #Fediverse with #ActivityPub integration through #NodeBB and #Ghost platforms, making our content more accessible and connected than ever. Learn about our streaming plans on #Moonbeam and our vision for a more streamlined 2025!
https://2tonwaffle.com/platform-clarity-streamlining-the-2tonwaffle-ecosystem/
#IndieGaming #CreatorCommunity #CommunityBuilding

GooglePlus would make more sense as part of the fediverse rather than anything else.

Luckily there are better things for us now like Mastodon and NodeBB!

Forget ghost!

NodeBB is not only FLOSS, it's also a great federated forum software!

Just look up julian@community.nodebb.org

This is a profile on NodeBB but you can watch so many posts and if you select

"Open original page"

it will take you to the forum and make Mastodon and the fedi look nice!

I feel like NodeBB could be the next Mastodon!

It's amazing!

Hello all

Today we're releasing NodeBB v4.2.0. Most of the changes pertain to minor updates to our existing ActivityPub integration.

• Categories can now follow regular users
  • v4 launched with the ability for NodeBB to synchronize categories with other "group" type remote accounts. While it was possible to follow regular users, their content did not properly load into the category. This has now been fixed.
• Actual handling (not just pretend ) of content from Ghost
• Added button to view original profile of remote users
• Better handling of content for remote chat messages (non-public notes)
• Forking and moving posts between topics now announced by the category
• Separate chat message length cutoff for remote messages
• Improved link handling on remote content
• Categories now have a handle in the description; added an additional setting for a remote-only addendum for local categories

The "View Original" button for user profiles is located in the sidebar of any remote user profile:

Hey, fediverse, I'm curious about following NodeBB accounts from Mastodon. Has anyone successfully done so?

We just released version 4.1.0 of NodeBB. Here are the latest features you can now take advantage of!

As an aside, for the first time in a long while, both @baris and I are working on the same codebase again. Up until version 4 was released, I'd been working on the activitypub branch and periodically merging in the latest changes from develop. It's nice to be home!

Improved federation of Group actors

We've improved the activity synchronization for followed group actors. Local updates/likes/etc. are now federated outward by the category in addition to those from remote users. Thanks to @rimu@piefed.social and @freamon who worked with me on debugging this one.

Mentions and Emoji now federating out in source.content

Emoji and mentions have been sent out to followers since v4, but that wasn't reflected in the raw markdown content that we also send along. That has been remediated now, and this change improves nodebb-to-nodebb federation.

Video object type now parseable

NodeBB is now able to ingest Peertube Video objects, and render then in a topic just like other pieces of content.

We received word recently that one of our long-standing clients, NFC Ring, is planning to shut down their forum toward the end of the month. While this is normally a sad time, it's worth mentioning that NFC Ring has been hosting their forum with NodeBB for over ten years! They've been with us just about as long as our self-serve hosting service has been, along with all of our ups and downs over the years.

Their forum contained a couple custom integrations, along with the earliest known NodeBB SSO plugin, and had a custom theme at one point as well.

These innovators envisioned the idea of paying for groceries with the tap of a ring years before that technology became ubiquitous. Super cool.

Nevertheless, their trust in us (a dinky little company in 2013) did not go unnoticed, and we wish them the best!

Hey @dansup@mastodon.social, can I poke you about getting NodeBB on FediDB?

It automatically picked up a couple NodeBB sites, so I think the nodeinfo stuff is working, just not sure if it required some manual intervention on your end to get the software link working — it currently 404s.

Cheers :flag-ca:

Okay, what the hell just caused that big uptick in #Fediverse MAUs?

Was it John Oliver? Was it #NodeBB? Was there some drama happening on another platform that resulted in a migration here?

Please tell me if you have the answers.

RE: https://atomicpoet.org/objects/4010e7a5-6754-4ae5-9f6e-00cac5aa7a63