Podmins and external services

what abt sdking facebokk creditals from users and turning diaspora jnto facebook client like friendica?

@flaburgan : I agree with you. Now I understand why there is no cross posting to FB on diaspora-fr.org ! Also, some podmins may not even have a mobile phone to be able to certify…

I dont like having an account to facebook either.. I agree with @karthikeyanak .

I don't think it will be possible to have a foundation facebook account that is not tied to a person. AFAIK, Facebook accounts are always personal.

Of course someone or some people could be admins of those apps. Still, I think it would be against the idea of Diaspora as a decentralized social network to require podmins to use foundation resources. Of course if we make it possible to do it either way then I see nothing wrong in pushing towards a foundation (person) owned applications, as long as podmins can technically integrate their own app too.

Of course it would not be "require", it's the opposite: help podmins who don't want to set up an account on external services to be able to cross post.

@flaburgan I'm also facing the same problem on the pod. I've already set up an account on Facebook months ago for the pod use, but FB requires me to certify the account through a mobile number. No way!
The way I see is similar to yours: What if someone (maybe the foundation or someone from the community) implement an application to work as a Facebook pool, which has some active accounts voluntarily given from some Facebook users? I mean, if some diasporian guys have some already certified accounts, they could voluntarily 'lend' their FB credentials (login and passwd) for this application to work. The application would work like a pool of Facebook accounts and a gateway of messages leaving all diaspora pods that have the FB service integration installed.
Not sure if it's complicated or even viable to be implemented, it's just my thoughts.

Perhaps rather than relying on the podmin to set up authorisation via a mobile number, we could put the onus on the users who want to cross-post to Facebook, and let one of them use their own details to make the authorisation. One of them might be happy to give Facebook their mobile number, or they might already have given Facebook their mobile number.

Would it be possible as follows:

• The podmin sets up a connection as far as they can.
• If further authorisation is needed, the first time someone on the pod tries to set up a cross-posting, they get a warning something like 'currently there is not authorisation between this pod and Facebook. Are you happy to authorise such a connection for yourself and other users of this pod?'
• If they say yes, cross-posting is now possible for everyone on the pod.
• If they say no, the next person who tries to set up cross-posting gets the notice, until someone does take this step.

Ok... What Im getting from this is, no-one wants to give their credentials to FB.

That said, I have a few burner SIM's floating around. Would you guys like me to setup an account with FB API access for your pods?

I'm quite sure only the people who don't have FB accounts are complaining here ;)

No, I have fb account only for providing my pod's users the extra features. I don't like having one. I would like to delete it if an alternative method is implemented, like the one @karthikeyanak suggested.