Replicating Reddit's best feature on other forums
Summary
A blog post about replicating Reddit’s 'follow' feature for other forums using user highlighting via CSS. It introduces rolodex, a CLI tool that reads a TOML file and generates CSS to highlight specific users, and discusses current support for Tildes and Lobsters with a plan to add more platforms. The piece also covers build-it-yourself workflows and potential drawbacks of the approach, advocating for native following features in social networks.