mastodon

Here are all the OStatus specs and RFCs used: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon/wiki/Specs-and-RFCs-used

The GitHub page offers a better introduction IMO: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon Also made me look up the original meaning of Mastodon (can see now that it's not named after the metal band): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon

Hum, just found the bug at https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon/issues/311 - shame that folks there haven't grokked what Matrix is. Yes, pigeonholing it as a chat system is kinda missing the point, but it's an easy way to kick the tyres and prove its potential. Once threading lands in Matrix we'll be adding in gateways for SMTP, IMAP, NNTP, Discourse, and possibly Gnusocial etc - either written by us or from the community. Then hopefully the bigger picture will be more obvious(!)

When I mention Matrix, a lot of people seem to pigeonhole it as a chat system alone because Riot is such a dominating part of the application ecosystem. It would be really great to have more code and demonstrations available; adding Matrix was suggested for Mastodon[0] to potentially gain chat and private messaging features that aren't part of GNUSocial, but as of right now it's considered out of scope. [0] https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon/

Thanks for the shout out! Mastodon is a FOSS alternative to Twitter, with a focus on UX. Github: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon/ Screenshot and demo video linked from the README

Mastodon [1][2] [1]: https://mastodon.social [2]: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon Disclaimer: I'm the developer

If you are concerned about the direction Twitter is going, I recommend checking out alternatives. There is a community-owned "Twitter", it is called the fediverse and it consists of projects like GNU social and Mastodon [1] (My own project). [1]: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon https://mastodon.social

I've been thinking about building some reusable django app that could be used in other projects to integrate and make them compatible with gnu social, but I never put the idea into practice (I still think it is a good idea). Recently someone posted here on HN a compatible server (https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon), it isn't what you are searching for, but these 2 posts about the topic in a short period of time shows there is an certain interest. Maybe its the push I need to start building that reusable app. Regarding your question, you should start by looking at https://www.w3.org/community/ostatus/ and the wiki.

You're on Python, but it might make sense to look at the choices made by https://github.com/hotsh/rstat.us and https://github.com/gargron/mastodon , to get some ideas. They're in Ruby, but the language is more similar to Python than PHP is, and some of the tooling and libraries in Python and Ruby are inspired by each other too. It always helps to look at those who came before you.

You might enjoy my https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon

GNU social [1], Mastodon* [2] There is a set of standartized web protocols called Webfinger, ActivityStreams, Salmon and PubSubHubbub which allow websites to interact with each other as a sort of decentralized/federated Twitter (this is called the "fediverse"). [1]: https://gnu.io/social [2]: https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon Disclaimer: I'm working on Mastodon, it's a new open source implementation, I'm trying to make it more approachable to people who value UX and maintainability