Loomio
Wed 18 Mar 2015 11:03AM

diaspora user directory to discover users more easily

PP Pirate Praveen Public Seen by 244

This will be an opt in feature for those who choose to publish their profiles in a directory.

  • a podmin can activate directory service via configuration
  • when directory service is active in a pod, other pods can send their local users list to that pod
  • status of the directory service is exposed via statistics.Json
  • podmin can choose which other directories to send the profiles
  • if a user can't be found locally it should query the directory when searching
  • @mentions should be extended to users found in directory.

I think this is an important problem to solve for discovering users. Since it is an opt in feature, only those who want to be discoverable will be added in a directory.

MVD

Melroy van den Berg Wed 13 May 2015 8:23PM

Again, this feature is very underestimated. A feature where you can find other people in the Diaspora network in the #1 feature you need in a social network!

I really hope someone comes with a good idea & protocol for implementation. Don't give up Diaspora.