@steve Perhaps it is proper #ActivityPub Groups support. Lemmy already calls that "Community". And perhaps the retracted FEP-2100: Unbound Group and Organization to have Groups be independent of instances / multi-instance spanning, can be implemented in mainstream fedi to have a real fedi native concept of Groups (i.e. the abstract concept, not depending on an implementation detail)..https://fediverse.codeberg.page/fep/fep/2100

@blog In my opinion, we need to think about two different and not necessarily related objectives at this time:Identify an Activitypub standard for geolocation. For example, some software already manages geolocation (Mobilizon, Friendica, Flohmarkt, etc.), but these software don't recognize each other's geolocation parameters. The problem, as you've already highlighted, is entirely tied to searching across different federated instances, because search only works on content that's already been captured by yours.Find a way to "localize" content. From this perspective, Activitypub groups can be used to manage "local groups" for cities, countries, regions, etc. In Italy, for example, I've created a federated forum (a #NodeBB instance) representing twenty regional categories and about a hundred city subcategories. Those connecting from the forum see the categories hierarchically, but those connecting from the Fediverse can see individual cities as a simple federated account: cities like @roma or @venezia, but also regions like @toscana, or cities like @ivrea. Those who live in the Fediverse can mention these groups, and the group account automatically shares posts mentioning them; those who follow these groups will see posts mentioning them reshared.

@pfefferle @django fyi, this is probably an issue worth you both knowing about for wordpress activitypub.

@joho Thanks for letting me know - it looks like an interesting project. I see your own website runs on tinymash. I'll be sure to check it out when I get some time. Following you to get updates on your cool project.

@marcusxms @csolisr If you're looking for an alternative that proudly does not use LLMs, I've been developing Shoot for a while As for actually using Shoot, federation is a WIP but local features work pretty wellhttps://github.com/MaddyUnderStars/shoot

@seanm Since you're obviously smarter than the Masto team, why don't you code that up? The API is stable and well documented.