Mentioned by @andypiper :
The Mastodon team is planning to release a universal "share" button.
(It wasn't clear to me if this was just for Mastodon servers — or if it would work with non-Mastodon servers, too. It was mentioned briefly from the audience.)
#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026 #Mastodon
@reiver we have a Share (on Mastodon) button used in our blog at the moment - we should get it released as an open source component, and then it could be used as a basis for other things if desired.
@andypiper @reiver I've been fantasizing about a snippet library for validating and canonicalizing a fediverse (AP+WebFinger) handle. Drop in a handle/profile link/AP ID, receive full handle + web link if the input is resolvable.
Target audience would be sites that don't have full fediverse integration, but want to give people a way to link to their fediverse profile. I've seen handle vs. username vs. ID vs. URL cause confusion.
Should be <50 LOC in most languages. And let's make it CC-0.
@julian @andypiper @reiver theres also @stefan's fediverse share button that's very nice https://fediverse-share-button.stefanbohacek.com
@liaizon Thank you for the shout-out!
Still need to get back to finishing the WordPress version.
@stefan @julian @andypiper @reiver its really good I wish it had more publicity. I wonder how we can get it into more places
@liaizon Thank you!
I have been meaning to revisit the code a bit. I wonder if it should be simplified, maybe just a DIV that turns into a form with JavaScript, since the form itself can't really do much without JS enabled anyway.
The WordPress plugin makes more sense since you can handle the dynamic stuff server-side.
