I wish I saw this video sooner lol. This explains Mastodon pretty well.

youtu.be/IPSbNdBmWKE

Y’ALL!

@tomfinley installed a plugin that sets up his WP site as a private Mastodon server. Posts can be read by anyone using Mastodon. If you comment on the post in Mastodon, the comment is auto-added to the site, too. AWESOME. @tomfinley It’s built using a standard W3 spec: w3.org/TR/activitypub/

This spec literally allows you to describe social interactions between people. When set up with your WP site, your site literally BECOMES your social profile.

Y’ALL!

tomfinley.co/were-trying-so…

@tomfinley installed a plugin that sets up his WP site as a private Mastodon server. Posts auto publish on his feed, and can be read by anyone using Mastodon. If you comment, it is reflected back on the site automatically.

This. Is. AWESOME.

I know I’ve been blathering all day, but really, Mastodon is to Twitter as WordPress is to Wix.

Come to the open source friends. We have cookies, options, and no ads.

Okay okay okay, it’s not decentralized in the true sense, it’s technically “federated”. More like your email than a blockchain. Which I find to be way more approach-able, IMO.

docs.joinmastodon.org

Okay, getting lots of questions about how the “isolated servers” work with Mastodon. It’s not quite what you think. This chart seems to explain it really well.

hci.social/@nprandchill/1…

At @katherined’s suggestion, I’ve created an IFTTT automation to auto-share to Twitter when I publish on Mastodon. Hopefully this makes the transition easier.

Okay really though. Mastodon has a REST API. You could build a plugin that syncs content (and comments!) between your personal WordPress site, and your social. FOSS opens up so many doors here. Shit. Someone already did it! Cool! wordpress.org/plugins/activi…

I’m moving to Mastodon, and will be progressively posting on Twitter less and less over time. Mastodon is free, open source, and decentralized, and I encourage you to join me over there! fosstodon.org/@alexstandiford

A big misconception I see right now is people get tripped up when picking a server on Mastodon. There’s no wrong choice. You can move later, and you can converse and participate with people across servers. Pick one and get started!