21 votes

Wordpress.com now supports ActivityPub

Posted by ignorabimus
Tags: wordpress, activitypub, features, announcements, author.matthias pfefferle
https://wordpress.com/blog/2023/10/11/activitypub/

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Title
Engage a Wider Audience With ActivityPub on WordPress.com
Authors
Matthias Pfefferle
Published
Oct 11 2023
Word count
587 words

4 comments

  1. ignorabimus
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    ActivityPub is a way to get lots of computers to talk to each other to form a social network – so for example if I run a club I could start a server which hosts the part of the network for our...

    ActivityPub is a way to get lots of computers to talk to each other to form a social network – so for example if I run a club I could start a server which hosts the part of the network for our club, but we can still communicate with everyone else. WordPress is some software for making websites which ~40% of websites use. This is great news for ActivityPub-based services (e.g. Mastodon).

    6 votes
  2. [3]
    delphi
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    That's great. Still don't think the Fediverse will have a lasting impact without mass adoption and a lot of redesigning to make it more approachable for the standard user, but this is definitely neat.

    That's great. Still don't think the Fediverse will have a lasting impact without mass adoption and a lot of redesigning to make it more approachable for the standard user, but this is definitely neat.

    6 votes
    1. [2]
      ignorabimus
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      I think this is a good step in the right direction towards ease-of-use and integration into existing social networks. Automattic also have a pretty good understanding of the web, and don't seem to...

      I think this is a good step in the right direction towards ease-of-use and integration into existing social networks. Automattic also have a pretty good understanding of the web, and don't seem to have the full PE "grab as much as you can as quickly as possible" mindset so I am hopeful.

      5 votes
      1. millions
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        Tumblr is also owned by the same company who owns Wordpress so I'm hoping they start supporting it as well

        Tumblr is also owned by the same company who owns Wordpress so I'm hoping they start supporting it as well

        2 votes