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feat(syndicator-mastodon): add categories to status as hashtags - #875
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Adds an includeCategories option which appends a post’s categories to the end of the status, where Mastodon displays them as links. Off by default, so existing syndicated posts are unchanged.
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Thank you, Ricardo! The fixes sound perfect. 🙏 |
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We could possibly add the same mechanic to the Bluesky syndicator, though I’m not sure if tags are as much of a thing on that platform. Happy to accept a companion PR to add it to that plug-in too, if anyone wants it. |
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Companion to #875, which added the same option to the Mastodon syndicator. Appends a post's categories to the end of the post text when the includeCategories option is enabled. createRichText already runs detectFacets, which turns the resulting #hashtags into app.bsky.richtext.facet#tag entries, so no facets are built by hand. Off by default, so existing syndicated posts are unchanged.
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Companion to #875, which added the same option to the Mastodon syndicator. Appends a post's categories to the end of the post text when the includeCategories option is enabled. createRichText already runs detectFacets, which turns the resulting #hashtags into app.bsky.richtext.facet#tag entries, so no facets are built by hand. Off by default, so existing syndicated posts are unchanged.
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Hashtags are definitely alive and kicking on Bluesky, and in some way better than RIP Twitter or Mastodon, when you click on a hashtag on bluesky, it allows you to check that account use of that hashtag or anyone usage of that hashtag on the platform its really nice ! |
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Closes #832.
Adds an
includeCategoriesoption to the Mastodon syndicator. When enabled, a post’s categories are appended to the end of the status, where Mastodon renders them as hashtag links:Placing them at the end matters for the reason given in the issue: hashtags only get Mastodon’s link styling when they aren’t buried mid-sentence, which is why the reporter’s manual workaround didn’t quite work.
Behaviour
Categories are normalised to something Mastodon will actually recognise as a hashtag:
_are removed, socheese sandwichesbecomes#cheesesandwichesandweb-designbecomes#webdesign(a hyphen would otherwise end the hashtag)holidays/family tripsbecomes#familytripsHashtags already written into the post content aren’t repeated, so anyone currently using the workaround in the issue won’t end up with them twice.
Where a character limit applies, the hashtags are counted towards it and the content is truncated to leave room, rather than the status overrunning.
Default
I’ve defaulted this to
false, followingincludePermalink, so nobody’s syndicated posts change unless they opt in. That said, the issue is phrased as an expectation rather than a feature request, so if you’d rather it default totruethat’s a one-line change — happy to switch it.Tests
Nine tests added to
test/unit/utils.jscovering the option on and off, normalisation, hierarchical categories, deduplication, not repeating hashtags already in content, and staying within the character limit. The existing tests are unchanged and still pass.Notes
This only covers
syndicator-mastodon. #832 is about Mastodon specifically, but the same thing presumably applies to other syndicators — I’ve not touched those here.