 WordPress being able to post via ActivityPub to Mastodon would be a big deal. And I'm happy to see Automattic get involved in this space. They're in the hosting business, so their incentives are much more aligned with the Fediverse than Meta, which is just centralized surveillance capitalism. Plus, Automattic is run by people who understand and support open source software and Meta is run by greedy, stupid assholes. (Disclosure: I worked at WordPress on Reader.) 12 comments
@fraying The fact that there's potential for Tumblr to be part of the fediverse could mean big things, IMO. It's one of the most fun and vibrant social ecosystems out there right now.  @fraying Matt was a bit daft at times, but he does listen to criticism (even from infosec people) so I'd be delighted if this was a big win for his company too He runs a better operation than Meta and the like @fraying@xoxo.zone understandable, given they already announced that Tumblr would also be compatible eventually I truly believe in Mastodon and think it's going to be the next big thing and all the corporate players are here for various reasons, good and ill, because they also believe that. The one positive is them coming here is a self fulfilling prophecy of Mastodon's rise, because they will bring more users to the platform. I just truly hope Mastodon's FOSS side will adapt and win out in the end. I think it CAN but I don't know that it WILL  @fraying Iād love to see it, I blog with Wordpress.com and would like to have direct integration |
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@fraying Oh this is neat. I have a bunch of WordPress stuff that I'd love to make more seamlessly interoperable with my Masto content without using hacky plugins.