Ages ago, I built an "On This Day" service for Twitter [1].
It was really useful (to me) for seeing what I'd posted on this day in previous years.
I'd like to build the same thing for Mastodon, but it looks like the #API doesn't do date-based searches.
So I'm going to build it using archive data. Would anyone like to help?
Also, what's the best way to suggest improvements to the Mastodon search API? I don't want to be demanding - I want to work collaboratively.
[1] https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/11/introducing-on-this-day-in-twistory/
It was really useful (to me) for seeing what I'd posted on this day in previous years.
I'd like to build the same thing for Mastodon, but it looks like the #API doesn't do date-based searches.
So I'm going to build it using archive data. Would anyone like to help?
Also, what's the best way to suggest improvements to the Mastodon search API? I don't want to be demanding - I want to work collaboratively.
[1] https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/11/introducing-on-this-day-in-twistory/
Introducing - On This Day in Twistory
One of the things I loved about Facebook was its “On This Day” feature. There’s something delightful about seeing what nonsense you were talking about on this day a decade ago. Tw…Terence Eden’s Blog