I have a need, and am a decent enough programmer to at least try to fix it... with some help. My need is "broadcast delegation."
To wit: I have an Identi.ca (user) account as @mettadore and I have other (broadcast) accounts such as @engagethegorge. Currently, to send a message AS @engagethegorge, I have to be logged in. This is fine for a single additional account using Twirl or another app, but problematic for multiple accounts with multiple people permitted to send messages. Solution possibilities: 1) DM Delegates table. List of user accounts which can DM the broadcast account. When these specified users send a DM, it becomes a post BY the broadcast account. 2) New tag similiar to the "d" DM tag, something like "b" for broadcast. Again, this would necessitate a list of accounts with broadcast permission. Both of these solutions can solve the list of accounts merely by allowing delegation only to accounts which the broadcaster is following (no auto-follow). I have not yet thoroughly looked through the code for serious possible issues, but both of these solutions seem at least feasible. I thought I'd send a message to the list to check whether I was missing something. If not, I'll grab a local copy and try to hack up a solution and submit a patch for approval. Thank you all. -J @mettadore _______________________________________________ Laconica-dev mailing list [email protected] http://mail.laconi.ca/mailman/listinfo/laconica-dev
