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Does mastodon have any concept of "follow a post"?

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  • ipsquiggle@sunny.gardenI This user is from outside of this forum
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    Does mastodon have any concept of "follow a post"? Sometimes someone asks a good question and I want to get notifications for its responses the same as if I had posted it.

    Slack, as an example, has "get notified of new replies" for threads.

    This would be a big boost for "usefulness" of mastodon for me.
    #mastodon #fediverse #howto #tips

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      Does mastodon have any concept of "follow a post"? Sometimes someone asks a good question and I want to get notifications for its responses the same as if I had posted it.

      Slack, as an example, has "get notified of new replies" for threads.

      This would be a big boost for "usefulness" of mastodon for me.
      #mastodon #fediverse #howto #tips

      julian@community.nodebb.orgJ This user is from outside of this forum
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      [email protected] No, you will need to use a different software that allows for it.

      For example, [email protected] will let you follow a topic and notify you of new responses.

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        Does mastodon have any concept of "follow a post"? Sometimes someone asks a good question and I want to get notifications for its responses the same as if I had posted it.

        Slack, as an example, has "get notified of new replies" for threads.

        This would be a big boost for "usefulness" of mastodon for me.
        #mastodon #fediverse #howto #tips

        wordsmith@writing.exchangeW This user is from outside of this forum
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        @ipsquiggle Suggestion on Mastodon's issue tracker: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/7969

        Not sure if there are any replies from the dev team, it's quite a big thread.

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          @julian
          Makes sense. So nodeBB has to do this itself though, e.g. by polling, or is it able to leverage activitypub features directly? Just curious.

          Given the breadth of activitypub applications, it would surprise me if there's no way to subscribe without being a participant...

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            @ipsquiggle Suggestion on Mastodon's issue tracker: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/7969

            Not sure if there are any replies from the dev team, it's quite a big thread.

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            @wordsmith
            Indeed! Thanks for highlighting it, I'll take a look through and see where the discussion is at. (Posted 2018 hahah... My expectations are lower than when I originally asked. 🤣)

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              @wordsmith
              Indeed! Thanks for highlighting it, I'll take a look through and see where the discussion is at. (Posted 2018 hahah... My expectations are lower than when I originally asked. 🤣)

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              @ipsquiggle the suggestion is almost as old as my presence here, which is saying something
              *creaks in his rocking chair*

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                @julian
                Makes sense. So nodeBB has to do this itself though, e.g. by polling, or is it able to leverage activitypub features directly? Just curious.

                Given the breadth of activitypub applications, it would surprise me if there's no way to subscribe without being a participant...

                julian@community.nodebb.orgJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                [email protected] NodeBB just tracks it internally and notifies you if there have been additional replies.

                It's not something the ActivityPub spec talks about but it's something that would be quite helpful.

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