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

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TIL: Tumblr is still alive.
What's the point of it just being WordPress though? That's...odd.
66 0 ReplyThey'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.
25 3 ReplyWhy are you comparing them as if they're equivalent?? Wordpress is being used as a backend for tumblr
19 0 ReplyI didn't know. I'm used to the version you self-host, not whatever the service is using.
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Sorry, I mean why even call it Tumblr if it's just WordPress at this point?
8 0 ReplyTumpress
Wordbler
9 0 ReplyWordblur; I like that one.
6 0 ReplyThe bird motif is up for grabs, call it Warbler
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It’s because tumblr is owned by the company of one of the original wordpress creators.
9 0 ReplyYes it is, and my wife is one of two who pays a subscription to it...
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