Draft:Actiblog
Actiblog[edit | edit source]
- GitHub Repository Link: ampdot-io/actiblog
- Primary Maintainers: Ampdot, Joy
- Related Blog: Act I Blog
Actiblog is a GitHub Repository developed as part of the Ampmesh ecosystem, primarily focused on supporting and promoting the Act I project. It functions as a tool and framework for gathering and publishing content related to Act I, especially in the context of combating misinformation and establishing its online presence against imposter projects. This is in response to entities like "ACT Labs" that have falsely associated themselves with Ampdot's work and values, and whose content has been described as "bizarre fanfiction/fan media".
Purpose and Goals[edit | edit source]
The main purpose of Actiblog is to get the Act I blog online and ensure its content ranks highly in search engine results. This is a strategic effort to counteract entities such as "$ACT" and "ACT Labs". The long-term goal is for the official Act I blog content to outrank these external pages when users search for "Act I" or "ACT Labs". This is part of a broader strategy to "violently establish control" over the "Act I" name by demonstrating greater commitment through online content.
Features and Functionality[edit | edit source]
Actiblog includes tools designed to:
- Download Twitter profiles, including associated images.
- Process Act I screenshots taken from Twitter.
- Match these screenshots with relevant Discord messages.
- Publish the processed content to the Act I blog.
There are plans to integrate Optical Character Recognition (OCR) capabilities into Actiblog, potentially utilizing tools like mistral-latest-ocr, to convert image-based content into text.
The Act I blog, which Actiblog populates, is built using Hugo, a static site generator. Hugo’s capabilities allow for the automatic conversion of data artifacts into blog entries, streamlining the publishing process. Furthermore, the blog is specifically designed to be easily crawlable by search engines, supporting its SEO objectives. A dedicated blog post explains how the site is set up for crawlability: Why is this Site Somewhat Slow?.
Development and Collaboration[edit | edit source]
The Actiblog repository is co-managed by Ampdot and Joy. Joy has actively focused on its development, acquiring a new laptop to work on it more closely. Opportunities for collaboration exist, particularly for tasks such as processing images into text, which has been identified as a straightforward problem for LLMs combined with OCR technologies. Interested collaborators can receive a data folder upon cloning the repository.
Consent and Attribution[edit | edit source]
Consent has been explicitly sought from individuals including Kaetemi, SkyeShark (Utah Teapot), Andy Ayrey, and Archipelago for their Act I–related Twitter screenshots to be rehosted and OCR-processed on the official blog. This highlights a commitment to ethical content reuse and community transparency.