Molly White
So excited to hear that the Ghost blogging software is going to support federation via ActivityPub! https://activitypub.ghost.org/ If you sign up for updates, they have a survey where they're asking for feedback. Now's your chance to get your suggestions in! 11 comments
Molly White
Ghost's post is also how I learned that Buttondown is working on ActivityPub support! 🙌 Exciting times.
Mathew
@molly0xfff Ghost is an intriguing piece of software. But... I think @matt has converted me. I love how simple his interface is. It's all the best things about Medium's philosophy of "just write" but also still open source. More services on the fediverse is a good thing, but Ghost should know that they already have competition.
Phillip :unverified:
@molly0xfff this is huge!! I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for it's release 👀👀
Michael Vilain
@molly0xfff I haven't parsed how to use Ghost like I would patreon or substack. I subscribe to ghost newsletters but there doesn't seem to be a way to login to ghost without being creator and paying a fee. I want to use the ghost login like my Patreon page and my old substack page where I can subscribe and unsubscribe newsletters. I don't see a way to do that. Have I misunderstood their model? I subscribe to your newsletter and platformer as discreet content rather than under a centralized Ghost account.
Molly White
@mvilain no, you've got it right. it's not a centralized service like substack or patreon; you sign up per-newsletter.
Michael Vilain
@molly0xfff Thanks. You're the 1st person I've asked a question to who hasn't grumped at me with "don't @ me". Keep writing and doing your podcast. Lots of work but it's worth it. If you want a voodoo doll of Sam Bankman Freid and pins, let me know. I'll convert one of my Mitch McConnell doll for you.
thomas bohn
@molly0xfff when I read your newsletter with an RSS reader they display your icon next to the audio player above the player and very big. |
Gregory's Server
Cool to see Ghost taking this step, while Substack is over there trying to build walls around their product to trap people in (eg https://www.thewrap.com/substack-follow-feature-problems-subscriptions-down/)