So I've been thinking how we could sanely modify groups here at QOTO all day. Closest we have right now in the fediverse is gup.pe which does a pretty good job but the problem is there is no moderation. Anyone can join a group or post to a group and there is no way to exclude bad actors. Its completely automated no moderator.

I think if I were to fork the source code and get it working it would be pretty trivial to make it into a working framework. Just design it so whoever first creates a group is the owner. They can give others privilages or take it away, as well as ban people via remote commands.

Not sure if i have the time to take on that project but it wouldnt be more than a few days work.

I guess the real question is... how desperate are the people on #QOTO for groups? Would it even be worth my time?

@🎓 Dr. Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 @@sozialwelten@ifwo.eu

“Closest we have right now in the fediverse is gup.pe which does a pretty good job but the problem is there is no moderation. Anyone can join a group or post to a group and there is no way to exclude bad actors. Its completely automated no moderator.”

My fediverse software has moderated groups.

@mike This was a reference to mastodon and mastodon derivatives. There are other servers with local groups but they arent compatible with the bulk of the fediverse. Thus the need for a universal solution everyone can use.