[HN Gopher] Show HN: Cactoide - Federated RSVP Platform
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       Show HN: Cactoide - Federated RSVP Platform
        
       Author : orbanlevi
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2025-11-11 17:01 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (cactoide.org)
        
       | andy_ppp wrote:
       | Very cool, is it possible to add voting for multiple dates too?
        
         | orbanlevi wrote:
         | Right now nope, but I'm planning to add new features.
        
           | thedangler wrote:
           | 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.
        
       | righthand wrote:
       | This is cool looking but you should note in the front page that
       | it has ical, et al. calendar features.
        
         | orbanlevi wrote:
         | Thanks for the feedback.
        
       | mrtesthah wrote:
       | How does it compare to Mobilizon?
        
         | orbanlevi wrote:
         | 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.
        
           | rapnie wrote:
           | 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-bcn wrote:
         | Mobilizon looks interesting but their docs results in a 404,
         | which doesn't inspire confidence.
        
       | verdverm wrote:
       | 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
        
         | orbanlevi wrote:
         | Ohh nice! I'll look into it.
        
       | dbjacobs wrote:
       | Any plans to add the ability to have waiver/release forms for an
       | event that need to be signed?
        
         | orbanlevi wrote:
         | I didn't think of that.
        
       | macintux wrote:
       | 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.
        
         | orbanlevi wrote:
         | 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)
        
       | roshannarma wrote:
       | 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-bcn wrote:
       | Needs the ability to have a waitlist.
        
         | orbanlevi wrote:
         | Noted.
        
       | atulvi wrote:
       | There are several offensively titled events. No moderation
       | whatsoever. This is likely 100% vibe coded in a day.
        
         | orbanlevi wrote:
         | 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.
        
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