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Starter Kits are amazing and much needed.
But what happens when a majority of them are created on bigger Loops servers?
Does that mean smaller Loops servers miss out?
Nope! Not at all.
See, I built an Observatory service that will allow any Loops (or other software) instance to consume known/discoverable kits and import them automatically.
Shipping Soon! 🔥
The Observatory has been deployed!
Preparing Loops Starter Kits for launch 🚀
The Loops Observatory aka https://beacon.joinloops.org is getting a fresh coat of paint and a few new APIs to power Starter Kit discovery.
Shipping soon!
Before I jump back to Pixelfed dev, I have to wrap up and ship Loops Starter Kits.
The last task is the Starter Kit Observatory, a public service that powers Loops Starter Kit discovery across servers, including deletions.
This will allow Loops servers to share and consume Starter Kits across our network, so everyone can explore and use them!
Bigger servers shouldn't have all the fun 😉
Starter Kit Federation is ready 🚀
This will be compatible with Mastodon Feature Collections.
Shipping soon!
cc @dave
There are 80+ new and updated files that power the new #Loops Starter Kits feature!
From exploration to curation, I've built a highly polished experience that is open, accessible and federated.
Admins will love the powerful management, that also includes audit logs.
Can't wait to ship this later this week!
Imagine being able to curate lists of accounts by topics, allowing others to easily follow them after they consented to be included.
Meet Starter Kits.
Consent driven discovery that federates across servers and software.
With a rich browsing experience so you can explore kits without an account.
Shipping Soon 🚀
How does Loops Starter Kits prevent abuse?
You can only add accounts that support a new actor field, and if supported, approval with public attestation is required before they can be publicly included.
Basically, you have to get permission first, publicly.
Accounts from software that doesn't support the new actor field will not appear in search results when adding accounts.
There are 80+ new and updated files that power the new #Loops Starter Kits feature!
From exploration to curation, I've built a highly polished experience that is open, accessible and federated.
Admins will love the powerful management, that also includes audit logs.
Can't wait to ship this later this week!
Starter Kit Federation is ready 🚀
This will be compatible with Mastodon Feature Collections.
Shipping soon!
cc @dave
Starter Kits support up to 10 hashtags, and you can explore them, browse related tags and even create a new kit with a specific tag with a single button tap!
Powerful. Open. Discovery.
With Loops Starter Kits, you can set your desired privacy setting to auto approve, auto reject all requests or something in between.
We created a new notification tab to easily manage requests, updates and removals.
Yeah, you even get notified when you get removed from a kit 😎
You can always self-remove yourself from any kit if you change your mind, and with one button press, can mass-remove yourself from any kits you didn't create.
Imagine being able to curate lists of accounts by topics, allowing others to easily follow them after they consented to be included.
Meet Starter Kits.
Consent driven discovery that federates across servers and software.
With a rich browsing experience so you can explore kits without an account.
Shipping Soon 🚀
Starter Kits are increasingly complex.
Admins can disable the feature entirely, set a max kit per user limit, limit kits to accounts with more than X followers, and even restrict access to create and use them per account!
Take these 4 error screens on the create kit url, each represents a different restriction.
Safe to say, this will be our most complex feature, and I can't wait to ship consent-driven Starter Kits to improve discovery and onboarding in Loops!
Starter Kits won't require a local account to browse or use, simply tap the Use Kit button and follow the easy steps to use remotely!
Starter Kits won't require a local account to browse or use, simply tap the Use Kit button and follow the easy steps to use remotely!
You won't need an account to browse or use Starter Kits.
Simply follow the instructions on supported platforms ✨
Federated onboarding is entering a new era.
Loops Starter Kits: responsive, dark-mode ready, with full i18n support.
The foundation for community-curated, consent-driven discovery.
This is what first-class fediverse onboarding looks like. 👀
Shipping Soon! 🚀
#Loops #StarterKits #Fediverse #Onboarding #ConsentDrivenDiscovery
You won't need an account to browse or use Starter Kits.
Simply follow the instructions on supported platforms ✨
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