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Some new features to look forward to on DEV

Ben Halpern on February 17, 2023

Hey folks, just wanted to speak to some upcoming features going live on DEV soon via Forem. This is just a quick overview of some notable work tha...
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Hannah Aubry • Edited

Exciting!!! Ben, you probably have gotten this question a lot but I'm curious if you've thought about implementing ActivityPub on Dev?

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Ben Halpern

I think we'd gotten a little too spread thin to truly consider it in a way we could do it right in the past, but I think we're getting more organized such that we could. Of course, the principles behind it are deeply aligned with our purpose for existence, but anything we do, we want to make sure it puts community safety first.

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CitronBrick

What is ActivityPub ?

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Alicia Sykes

This is awesome 🦄
Thanks for all your hard work Ben!

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Oscar Ortiz

That’s awesome! Can’t wait!

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Foxbuka

That’s awesome! Can’t wait! tooo

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Devarshi Shimpi

Can't wait for it!!

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Vincent A. Cicirello

Since you are finally bringing the unicorn back, I think you should give it a name.

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Pascal Thormeier

Thank you for the work, looking forward to these updates and especially the Return Of The Unicorn!

I've got a few questions, though. Badges so far have yielded credits for listings - is this something you plan to continue with billboards? Also, the name "pro tools" indicates cost. Can you tell us something about the pricing already?

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Ben Halpern

Good question!

We intend to wind down the rewarding of new credits in the current way it's done, but will track credits that people had historically and allow these to be used towards the new system in some manner yet to be determined.

This is a big reason why we are taking our time with this migration. No firm prices on Pro Tools yet, but it will be something we offer at different tiers based on the needs. Small orgs and non-commercial orgs will get access at different rates vs enterprise. Still working out the details to make sure we can do this all fairly.

I can't get into more details, but just want to affirm that this is all being considered thoughtfully.

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Jon Randy 🎖️

Any plan to turn manifest.json back on so we can install as a PWA again? Also, previewing comments before posting them currently appears to be broken/flaky

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leob • Edited

Yeah well ... all good, but having seen the reaction drawer - for me personally, a like is a like, but now it's more like (pun intended):

"all likes are equal, but some likes are more equal than other likes"

For me "a like is a like is a like" :-D

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Pandita

a bit late but, yay the unicorn is back!!!!

🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄 🦄

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sndp

Can we have read history like they do in youtube ?

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Rizèl Scarlett

So exciting!!!

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Mahmoud Harmouch

Yet, another wild coincidence in the URL that ends with 5jk - Just Kidding; I am back with 5 different reactions!

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Chris Jarvis

Looking forward to the “reaction drawer.” It's more insight into feedback than a heart.

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Thomas Bnt ☕

🥳🦄

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Posandu

🥳

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Parker Waiters

🦄

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Lee Wynne

amazing!!

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Emanuele Bartolesi

🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄

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Leonardo Montini

Let's go! 🦄

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Chris Greening

Yayyy thanks team! Love watching this platform evolve

And honestly really excited for the unicorn to be back 🦄

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Medea

amazing! can’t wait