Soon, some mainstream social media sites could interconnect with Mastodon.
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The services that support ActivityPub and all the people using them is sometimes collectively called “the Fediverse.”
He said in a Twitter post, “we’ll add activitypub for interconnect.
It’s not clear to what degree Tumblr would support ActivityPub.
Presumably, it will allow people on Mastodon to follow blogs on Tumblr, and vice-versa.
It’s possible Tumblr could go even further, adding support for polls and other features beyond regular posts.
Tumblr hasover 560 million blogs, while there arearound 7.5 million Mastodon accounts.
Meanwhile, the photo sharing siteFlickris considering ActivityPub support.
CEO Don MacAskill said on Twitter, “Was just discussing ActivityPub earlier this week internally.
Should we add to Flickr?
No promises, just thinking out loud to gauge interest.
It might be right up our alley, though.”
It’s exciting to see more social media sites interested in supporting ActivityPub.
Source:TechCrunch,Don MacAskill (Twitter)
