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Friends 1.0K installs · 5.0
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-100.0%momentum 47.8weakness 13/7pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, support despite praise for quality, easy.

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mixed Fatal error when adding new friend

Fatal error when adding new friend: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · Fatal error when adding new friend Hi! complaint Friends critical error

The Friends plugin caused a WordPress critical error during a scheduled cleanup task.

Friends · An error of type E_ERROR was caused complaint ActivityPub user does not see follow?

ActivityPub user does not see follow?: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · I’ve enabled the Friends plugin on a blog I’m using for testing setting up ActivityPub . mixed Direct Messages via ActivityPub?

Direct Messages via ActivityPub?: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · Is it possible to send direct messages via ActivityPub? complaint User mention

User mention: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · Thanks for reporting! mixed Attempting to follow BridgyFed (the Fediverse-BlueSky bridge) fails

Attempting to follow BridgyFed (the Fediverse-BlueSky bridge) fails: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · Installed the Friends plugin to my selfhosted latest WordPress instance running ActivityPub at https://solarbird.net . mixed Will external friend publishes “publish” posts?

Will external friend publishes “publish” posts?: users show pricing, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · If so, will this notify users of my email subscription plugin? mixed “Liking” other peoples posts

“Liking” other peoples posts: users show missing feature, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · So it is actually possible to “like” other peoples posts? complaint Is the plugin working fine for anybody?

The user reports feeds, follows, reactions, and Pixelfed federation failing, and the maintainer says unreleased updates are ready but delayed.

Friends · the feeds not refreshing and i need to refresh each user’s feed on its own to make it work complaint Is it possible to share the content you publish in feed through the friends plg?

Is it possible to share the content you publish in feed through the friends plg?: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · Is it possible to share the content you publish in feed through the friends plg? complaint Friends tags on my WordPress site

Friends tags on my WordPress site: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hi! complaint Update Tested Up To With Lastest WP Version

Update Tested Up To With Lastest WP Version: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

startpage · Thanks you for your help with this, James Hi, Can you please update “Tested up to: 5.1.18 ” to the latest version of wordpress? complaint Reblog-Posts in Mastodon-App without content

Reblog-Posts in Mastodon-App without content: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · Reblog-Posts in Mastodon-App without content I use Moshidon with the Friends-Plugin, but though everything’s showing up correctly in the dashboards, I see most of the posts in the App just as “reblog of 3452”. complaint “Could not retieve”-notice in log files?

“Could not retieve”-notice in log files?: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · I like to reply to a toot, but when i look for it i get a “Could not retrieve”- notice. complaint friends posts (activitypub) not being requested

friends posts (activitypub) not being requested: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · but it won’t do that automatically, and the debug gives 2024-10-11 19:26:49: Found 20 new posts. mixed $accounts is undefined

$accounts is undefined: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · $accounts is undefined It may have a local cause but every time there is an update my fix keeps getting undone and this message starts filling my log files: AH01071: Got error 'PHP message: PHP Warning: Undefined variable $account in /mnt/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/friends/feed-parsers/class-feed-parser-activitypub.php on line 314; PHP message: PHP Warning complaint Troubleshooting Scheduled Cache Refresh for Friend Status Feeds

A Friends plugin user needs friend status feeds to refresh automatically every 5 or 10 minutes instead of only through a manual cache button.

Friends · friend statuses only update manually via the ‘refresh cache’ button complaint Followed an account with complicated name and can’t rename it

Friends used a Mastodon screen name with special characters in an admin URL, leaving the user unable to edit or rename the followed account.

Friends · Followed an account with complicated name and can’t rename it complaint Following Pixelfed users doesn’t really work?

Friends can appear to follow Pixelfed users but does not fetch their updates or clearly register the follow on Pixelfed.

Friends · I can “follow” pixelfed users... but i do not get their updates complaint Followers page of plugin looks broken

The Friends followers page appears broken, with missing avatars and a non-working Load posts expansion despite ActivityPub followers displaying correctly.

Friends · Avatars not shown for followers and overall items in the list look broken. The Load posts expansion does not work. complaint Stopped seeing friend feed updates

The Friends plugin initially worked but then stopped showing friend feed updates, apparently related to a known GitHub issue.

Friends · I’ve stopped seeing friend feed updates. praise really excited about the possibilities with this plugin

really excited about the possibilities with this plugin: users show setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · Each of the sites represents an organization working on related community advocacy projects, and I am excited about the possibilities for connecting and sharing information in this way. praise Excellent!

Excellent!: users show missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · Excellent! neutral Getting a parser error for all ActivityPub streams

Getting a parser error for all ActivityPub streams: users show bugs, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · Getting a parser error for all ActivityPub streams I’m seeing an error with all attempts to parse ActivityPub streams. praise While far from perfect this is an astoundingly good idea

While far from perfect this is an astoundingly good idea: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Friends · While far from perfect this is an astoundingly good idea I’ve got a few blogs running friends and I love it. praise I love it!

I love it!: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Friends · I love it! praise You can use to bridge to BlueSky too!

You can use to bridge to BlueSky too!: users praise easy, quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Friends · Federation is amazing, this plugin is great, and thanks devs getting this whole fleet of connectors working this quickly was awesome. neutral Pixelfed posts without images

Pixelfed posts without images: neutral conversation with limited structured signal.

Friends · Pixelfed posts without images Images from posts made with Pixelfed do not appear in the feed, only descriptions and links. Images from posts made with Pixelfed do not appear in the feed, only descriptions and links. praise Extending Friends’ Frontend Layouts for Fediverse Control via FSE

Extending Friends’ Frontend Layouts for Fediverse Control via FSE: users praise value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Friends · There is a Pull Request for this: https://github.com/akirk/friends/pull/362 Unfortunately I haven’t been able to spend more time on it lately. question Batch Add Follows Possible?

A migrating user wants a bulk way to add over 100 follows instead of adding them one at a time.

Friends · I’m migrating from another server and adding 100+ follows one by one is frustrating. question Translation

Translation: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · Translation Hello Alex! mixed any way to follow hashtags on Mastodon?

any way to follow hashtags on Mastodon?: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · The friends plugin has support for keyword matchers which could be notified of a hashtag, too. mixed I love it, what a very cool plugin!

The reviewer loves the Friends plugin but wants customizable messages and a directory to find other sites using it.

Friends · it would be nice if there was an option to customize the FRIENDS message AND also view a directory complaint Warnings and errors in log function called incorrectly.

Friends generated log notices for early translation loading and an undefined username variable, with no response in the thread.

Friends · PHP Warning: Undefined variable $username neutral Individual feed

Individual feed: users show missing feature, pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Friends · The data structures that save your subscriptions and feeds are not designed to be per user. complaint Seeing an error in debug

The user reported a JavaScript TypeError from the Friends admin script while debugging.

Friends · TypeError: $(…).find(…).reverse is not a function question Is there anything like a timeline?

A user asked whether the Friends plugin provides a Mastodon-like local timeline and was told single-user WordPress instances only receive subscribed posts.

Friends · if in my WordPress installation there will be something like a “time line” mixed Fantastic!

The reviewer loves the Friends plugin but notes its page may be overriding the theme header.

Friends · the /friends page is overriding my theme header