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 @lrhodes - What @cybeardjm said. It enriches the content of the Fediverse, and it aids in the *discovery* of content published on WP sites versus inside walled gardens like Facebook. From an advocacy perspective, it also increases the number of nodes connected to the Fediverse, which aids in the promotion of Fediverse/Mastodon with journalists and other who care about numbers. But mostly, it just makes more content available to Fediverse users.  @danyork @cybeardjm I suppose if it encourages people to post on WP sites rather than Facebook, that's a positive, but if it's only making existing WP sites available via AP, then I'm not sure that's *really* making more content available, since all of those sites are likewise available on the open web, and are syndicated via RSS by default.  @cybeardjm @danyork My guess would be that people who are willing to put up with the oddities of ActivityPub are probably more aware of RSS than the general population. But let's find out: https://merveilles.town/@lrhodes/111575373684690250 @lrhodes @danyork I wrote about this RSS stuff some time ago  @lrhodes @BigAngBlack @lrhodes @danyork You're right, you don't need a Mastodon or Pixelfed or Friendica or... account to connect your WordPress blog to the Fediverse. It becomes its own instance. It's just easier to check and reshare and publicize you WP+AP, that's all. With WP+AP, you post to the Fediverse, and your followers (if any) will see and be able to comment. @BigAngBlack @lrhodes @cybeardjm With the ActivityPub plugin, you get publishing to Fediverse and you get comments coming back. As someone else said (DJM?) it's kind of 2-way RSS. You do NOT get "following" of other accounts as you would in a Mastodon account If all you want to do is publish your thoughts and engage with comments, then YES, your WP blog could now be your Fediverse presence. If you want to engage with other accounts, there's another plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/friends/ @danyork @BigAngBlack @lrhodes Or you can use Bridgy Fed (and IndieAuth to follow accounts), a different approach to use ActivityPub, without the "official" plugin. @BigAngBlack @danyork @lrhodes Yes, although the AP plugin is quite old (I started using it in 2019 or so), it's evolving and whole "Fediverse" environment is evolving too, with new apps and tools almost everyday. We know AP still has some limits and might transform again at some point. That's what's interesting, IMHO |
@cybeardjm @lrhodes @danyork Question: if you don’t have any public-facing comments displaying on your blog, can your blog still reply to comments from fedi within WP admin itself?