Robert KingettWeirdWriter@caneandable.social
Oct 19, 2026, 11:10 AMReplies
Oct 19, 2026, 11:12 AM@WeirdWriter @Mastodon
Software can be modified to do things it doesn't support natively ;) Also at least an ActivityPup plugin exists for Discourse already, not sure if that allows login/posting too but would be a good feature to add if not.
Oct 19, 2026, 11:20 AM@max @WeirdWriter they could have used a forum like NodeBB—which is fantastic and fully federated—but doing so would have meant the Mastodon staff giving a highly significant nod of recognition to one of the best-developed software projects of recent years—a platform free from all the artificial limitations that Mastodon users are still forced to contend with.