Now that Icro is open source, I filed an issue to discuss how to add push notifications. I think the investment here will pay off for other third-party apps too.

@manton so glad you’re invested in the success of third-party apps here 😊

@FrankRamblings Thanks!

@manton Do you have any plans to make first-party apps or the core of Micro.blog open-source in future?

@ft Webhooks would be good, although I don't think it helps for native iOS apps (unless you run a server to forward them).

@belle We've talked about it, but no immediate plans. I'm not against it in theory. Mostly just worried about managing another open source project.

@manton It does seem like a lot to take on, on top of the actual product work. Probably a lot to think about before deciding, too. Right now it feels like the product is an extension of you, and open-source could change that a lot. Could be great, though!

@manton I feel like this is an excellent opportunity to revive the PubSubHubbub vs RSSCloud debate. By which I mean to say, there is some open web prior art here that may be already supported by some consumer platforms. Also, webhooks FTW! :-)

@manton I wonder if an open-source docs project would be a good start, so the community can help document how things work?

@manton Aha. I will be the silent listener to this issue (and thread) at first. I want to learn how it can be and should be done. A quick question though, are there any reference implementations? Or things running well on other platforms elsewhere? Would be a good point to start with.

@belle @manton Open source docs work well for us!

@sharding Nice! This seems like a cool approach to me.

@belle Yes, and help.micro.blog is on GitHub already. I'd like to do more along those lines.

@manton I didn't realise this! What's the best way for us to help build this out?

@esjewett Micro.blog does have some basic support for both WebSub and RSSCloud, but it's the opposite side of that: subscribing to external blogs. I'd like to expand this to also notify other apps of hosted blog changes.

@belle Ideas welcome! I’ve mostly been adding new pages and updating old text as things change. @macgenie has also been working on a new help home page with a more complete table of contents.

@manton Awesome. I know others in the community know more about how things work than I do, but happy to help if I can. Are you trying to keep dev vs. user stuff separated or is all help going in together?

@belle Thanks! Right now it's all together, which I think is okay as long as we do a better job of grouping topics. The most important thing to me was being able to write a new help page quickly, then figure out the organization later.

@manton Sure, makes sense. I'll have a think about what gaps I've noticed that I can help add soon!

@manton @belle @macgenie You can sign me up, too; I’ll try to remember to at least file issues when I run across something that seems off (usually in the middle of looking up something for someone).

I’ve been thinking there really ought to be a page that explains how to export all of your data from micro.blog; I know at one point Manton must have mentioned a URL for JSON for favorites, because I seem to have that in my browser history….

@smokey I was searching for info on exporting options recently! @manton