Idea for pump groups
Meanwhile groups are implemented in the pump network, I have an idea that I want to share with you, pump friends, to see if its do-able and convenient.
Let's say we want to create a group for #coffee lovers. So we create a user @coffee in an instance that one of the #coffee lovers controls (that person will be admin of group).
People wanting to join the group, just follow that account, e.g. @coffee@randompumpserver.net
People wanting to post to the group just sends a direct message to @coffee@randompumpserver.net
The group manager can control randompumpserver.net, and sets up a cron job or a script or anything to do this two tasks:
- @coffee automatically follows anybody that followed her.
- @coffee shares (with followers) all the direct messages that receives.
Would be easy to implement? Am I missing something? Are native groups almost there, and so, better wait and not to mess with workarounds?
/cc'ing @Evan Prodromou for obvious reasons, and @jpope because he's the sheriff of BashScriptVille and the #coffee lover #1 here, I think :)
jpope, Miguel Ángel Ordóñez Moya, Charles Stanhope, joeyh and 8 others likes this.
Jose Carlos Jimenez shared this.
mmm I was missing spammers, maybe. Any experience of spammers sending direct messages? Or they just post to public?
Laura Arjona Reina at 2014-03-21T22:00:56Z
Douglas Perkins likes this.
Seems like a good idea, and seems like it should work. I'm not sure how much work it would entail.
