Tumblr will add support for ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social networking protocol that today is powering social networking software like Twitter alternative Mastodon, the Instagram-like Pixelfed, video streaming service PeerTube, and others.
the fact that they’re now owned by automattic (wordpress) makes me optimistic they won’t. in fact, they might even help evolve activitypub into something that doesn’t suck as much as it does now.
the fact that they’re now owned by automattic (wordpress) makes me optimistic they won’t. in fact, they might even help evolve activitypub into something that doesn’t suck as much as it does now.