Show HN: Cactoide – Federated RSVP Platform(cactoide.org)
68 pointsby orbanlevi3 months ago15 comments
  • macintux3 months ago
    How do you plan on handling the influx of garbage? I like the idea, but I’m inclined to think registration of event organizers would be necessary to control the spam.
    • orbanlevi3 months ago
      Yea something like that would be necessary in the long run, or just use the event creation cookie user to moderate the rsvps. (or you can create private events)
      • nrhrjrjrjtntbt3 months ago
        How does federated social already handle spam? just use that. I guess specific servers can ban.
  • verdverm3 months ago
    Smoke Signal has a similar system on ATProto (no affiliation)

    I believe this is the project that has the Rust code (on the GitHub of ATProto)

    @smokesignal.events/acudo at main · tangled https://share.google/HG59BdzeJpib7fw5x

    • orbanlevi3 months ago
      Ohh nice! I'll look into it.
  • atulvi3 months ago
    There are several offensively titled events. No moderation whatsoever. This is likely 100% vibe coded in a day.
    • orbanlevi3 months ago
      Ofc, don’t have to moderate every randomly submitted event, but I am planning to add a moderation page to delete or filter offensive events.
  • righthand3 months ago
    This is cool looking but you should note in the front page that it has ical, et al. calendar features.
    • orbanlevi3 months ago
      Thanks for the feedback.
  • roshannarma3 months ago
    This is super cool, going to try using this for an event this week and self-host a server if it works nicely, have been looking for a privacy-first version of Partiful for a while.
  • james-bcn3 months ago
    Needs the ability to have a waitlist.
  • dbjacobs3 months ago
    Any plans to add the ability to have waiver/release forms for an event that need to be signed?
    • orbanlevi3 months ago
      I didn’t think of that.
  • mrtesthah3 months ago
    How does it compare to Mobilizon?
    • orbanlevi3 months ago
      It's similar, but not that good as Mobilizon, Im focusing on simplicity with an improved UI and experience.

      I'm assuming easier to spin up a new instance on your own, but this is my personal opinion.

      • rapnie3 months ago
        Do you have plans for adding ActivityPub support in the future? That would be very cool, and having interop with these other FOSS projects will help give things network effects.
    • james-bcn3 months ago
      Mobilizon looks interesting but their docs results in a 404, which doesn't inspire confidence.
  • rpearce93 months ago
    I quite like this, have just spun up a quick self hosted instance to play with.

    I'm wondering though - after creating an event, how does one see the list of who has RSVPd to attend? I can't seem to find any way to see this info.

    • orbanlevi3 months ago
      In the detailed page of the event, there is the rsvp list.
  • zestyping3 months ago
    Please, consider a better name. It's really hard to promote something with a name that no one can pronounce or spell.
  • andy_ppp3 months ago
    Very cool, is it possible to add voting for multiple dates too?
    • orbanlevi3 months ago
      Right now nope, but I'm planning to add new features.
      • thedangler3 months ago
        API, Please make an API? I could integrate my RSVP system into it which requires more specific features but could use this to create the base for the event.
        • orbanlevi3 months ago
          You need an API for creating events?
          • thedangler3 months ago
            Yes, I would piggyback on to the base event which would be created, which would allow me to build out my extra features which need a base event.

            API's are always a good thing, weather they are private or not.

          • macintux3 months ago
            Not the person who asked for it, but I think they were suggesting they'd use the API to retrieve information about RSVPs/current state of a planned event. (Perhaps even RSVP on someone else's behalf.)
  • hacb3 months ago
    Any plan for supporting different timezones?
  • imvetri3 months ago
    What does federated mean
  • matteohorvath3 months ago
    do you plan to put selling tickets into it?
  • doppelgunner3 months ago
    Your tool looks great. You could showcase it on NextGen Tools, a Product Hunt alternative: https://nxgntools.com