Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes | TechCrunch
Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes | TechCrunch
Since 2022, blogging site Tumblr has been teasing its plans to integrate with the fediverse -- the open social web powered by the protocol ActivityPub
TIL: Tumblr is still alive.
What's the point of it just being WordPress though? That's...odd.
They're completely incompatible systems. Tumblr was always more of a microblog while WordPress is basically a CMS, at this point. The only way to get those two to talk would be to federate, now that I think about it.
It’s because tumblr is owned by the company of one of the original wordpress creators.
Yes it is, and my wife is one of two who pays a subscription to it...
Why? All the furries are already here.
Oh trust me there are plenty more that are elsewhere too
Migrating to WordPress now is an interesting choice, considering all the drama they're in right now.
I thought so too but the people who own Tumblr now are the same people causing that drama.
I’ve been second guessing WP deployments as well, but I think the most likely outcome is a community fork once Mullenweg’s brain rot affects commercial interests too much.
If it helps make more sense, WordPress owns tumblr.
Ignorant question incoming: Would this result in a huge influx of traffic if your instance federates with tumblr, because you’re federating with all of tumblr? Or do individual tumblr blogs need to federate with each instance?
I think it also depends what software your client is on, mastodon, Lemmy, go-to social, etc. some pull more things than others.
But in general ActivityPub federation is more "Publish/Subscribe" than "ingest firehose" (a la Bluesky).
They've been talking about this for years, wake me up when they actually do it. Or don't, whatever.
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