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2024-04-20 16:13:06

dynamic

dynamic@social.coop

Are there automated tools to crosspost between #Hubzilla (or #Streams I guess) and #Friendica? If so, in what direction(s)?

2024-04-22 13:31:54

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@dynamic What you could do is as follows:

Follow your own Friendica account from your Hubzilla channel.
Activate the Channel Sources app on your Hubzilla channel.
Add your Friendica account as a source in Channel Sources.

That way, Hubzilla will always automatically repost everything you post on Friendica.

Channel Sources could be described as a kind of universal reverse cross-poster. Reverse because it isn't "Hubzilla to something else", it's "anything that Hubzilla can connect to to Hubzilla". It could serve as a Friendica-to-Hubzilla cross-poster, as a Mastodon-to-Hubzilla cross-poster, as a Diaspora*-to-Hubzilla cross-poster, as an RSS-to-Hubzilla cross-poster (been there, done that, probably angered countless Mastodon users) etc.

The obvious downside is that these reposts are dumb copies which receive their own thumbs up, thumbs down, repeats and comments. None of this is sent back to Friendica. You still have to check your Hubzilla channel once in a while and, for example, reply to comments.

Also, I'm not sure what'd happen if you commented on something on Friendica, regardless of whether your Hubzilla channel is aware of that discussion or not. It could be that Channel Sources would also cross-post your comments and do so out-of-context.

And it seems to be Hubzilla-exclusive. (streams) doesn't have it anymore.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Friendica #Hubzilla #ChannelSources #CrossPoster

2024-04-22 13:55:16

dynamic

dynamic@social.coop

@jupiter_rowland

Thank you!

2024-05-05 18:58:40

dynamic

dynamic@social.coop

@jupiter_rowland

I just attempted to set this up to see if I could get live backups of my Mastodon posts into a Hubzilla channel, and what that would look like. I followed my Mastodon account, installed the Channel Sources app, opened the app, selected "New Source", and then entered the name of my Mastodon channel. I left the rest of the fields blank, and clicked "Submit".

Nothing seemed to happen.

2024-05-05 19:00:16

dynamic

dynamic@social.coop

@jupiter_rowland

The URL changed back to "https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/sources", but all I could see was a blank screen. When I go back to my HQ and select the app again, nothing seems to have changed.

2024-05-05 19:02:59

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@dynamic Channel Sources isn't a nomadic-identity-style live backup. It's an automated reposter.

It only reposts new posts when they come in. If you want Channel Sources to repost a Mastodon toot, you have to toot something after setting your Mastodon account up as a channel source.

#FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Hubzilla #ChannelSources #CrossPoster