WordPress.com blogs can now be followed on Mastodon and other federated platforms | TechCrunch
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WordPress.com blogs can now be followed on Mastodon and other federated platforms | TechCrunch
Earlier this year, WordPress.com owner Automattic acquired a plug-in that allowed WordPress blogs to be followed in the fediverse -- the decentralized
@TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world
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I found one under communities so far and if you’re curious it’s !pfefferle.wordpress.com@pfefferle.wordpress.com It appears to work just like any other community.

However, when I commented, it didn’t appear on his Wordpress blog but it did appear under “community post”. He had a comment on his blog that didn’t appear in the community. It might be an issue of synchronization?

@morrowind@lemmy.ml
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I see it too, tried subscribing. I see one post, and no comment from you

Pennomi
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I run a little webcomics hosting platform and I really want to do the same thing, just haven’t taken the time to do it yet. Seems like an obvious win so everyone can follow along using the platform of their choosing.

ToRA
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Fuck WordPress.com. They intentionally lead people to conflate the free and open-source software WordPress (WordPress.org) and their own proprietary and overpriced version.

You can’t install plugins on their platform until you pay them $40/mo ($25/mo if you pay annually). That’s one of the most expensive WordPress hosting out there and it’s a completely different proprietary version with less access and control than you’d find elsewhere for far less.

@WormFood@lemmy.world
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the same organisation makes both, they just release a subset of their work as the open source version of WordPress. it’s a pretty standard business model for this kind of software

ToRA
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That is incorrect. Automattic donates some work to the open-source project, but they are in no way the same thing.

@blazeknave@lemmy.world
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Donates some work? They open source the platform. You can pay for hosting at .com… honestly asking, what are you even mad about?

ToRA
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Because WordPress.org is a non-profit that is clearly being treated as a puppet for the WordPress.com for-profit business. It’s not just “they also open-source their software”. They are separate entities. It’s literally illegal and obviously unethical.

@blazeknave@lemmy.world
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What laws are being broken? You use adverbs like “clearly” and “obviously” to make your point but they’re not helpful. It’s not obvious. What is unethical?

ToRA
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Nonprofit organizations are not allowed to divert undue benefits to any person or organization.

It is obvious and clear if you know the bare minimum of non-profit organizations.

Do you actually not understand the basics of non-profit organizations? If so, I’m not sure why you’re butting into a conversation about the subject. Otherwise you must be arguing in bad faith.

@blazeknave@lemmy.world
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No, not in bad faith. Look at the comment vote counts if you think I’m being provocative about a minority opinion.

Mozilla Corp is a subsidiary of the non profit. They put money in it. Wtf are you talking about?

I think “undue” is subjective and you’re inserting your opinions.

@Chunk@lemmy.world
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Can you follow rss feeds on the fediverse?

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