Add Fediverse Creator meta tag to JOSS Paper Page

[FlorianK13]

Proposed new feature:

Add the <meta name="fediverse:creator" content="@[email protected]" /> tag to the joss website, so that authors are marked when the link is shared on mastodon. For new publications, it would look like this:

Why is this a good feature?

I would argue this is a good feature for three reasons:

• it pushes the fediverse, an open and decentraliced open-source social media platform that aligns well with the ideas of joss
• it links to author profile pages and rewards their presence on a social media platform, which is beneficial for sciene communication
• it promotes joss on mastodon, a place where both the IT community and the science community are well represented

What is needed for that feature:

On the mastodon blog, they describe the needed steps:

1. The <meta name="fediverse:creator" content="@[email protected]" /> tag needs to be present in the html file for a published paper (i.e., on this site). Therefore, the first author has to provide their handle somewhere in the process. It could be:
   • After the review process is finished
   • In the submission site on joss.theoj.org
   • In the paper.md file
2. The first author needs to adapt their mastodon profile settings to allow https://joss.theoj.org to give them the author attribution. This needs to be clearly documented somewhere. The best place is probably where the author submits their mastodon account to joss.

[sneakers-the-rat]

Im into it. I feel like it's something that should go in an author profile settings rather than the paper metadata since handles can change and authors of existing papers may want to use them too. How do others feel abt that?