James Hammond @flexsite@mastodon.technology

So there is this ages old idea in the fantasy literature, that gods somehow need to be worshiped to gain strength, that they feed on human attention. And then we have several tech companies basically building attention-harvesting engines under the guise of selling ads. I bet this fits together somehow, but I can't quite see how yet.

We absolutely love seeing how helpful the FOSS / Thunderbird community is here on the Fediverse. Unlike every other social platform we're on, you're constantly helping each other with issues.

And we sincerely appreciate that, since it's basically one person handling all the comms.

Rock on, Thunderbird family!

✨ Public and Network timelines are disabled by default in our mobile app.

You can easily enable them by navigating to Settings -> App Settings and toggle the feeds you want enabled.

Boosts appreciated, the iOS beta is rolling out this week! 🚀 #pixelfedApp

If you have an indepdently hosted WordPress blog, you can turn it into a Fediverse server using a special plug-in. This means that people on Mastodon etc. can follow your blog and interact with it.

You can install it on your blog by logging into the WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New, then search for "ActivityPub". The plug-in you want is called "ActivityPub" and is by Matias Pfefferle.

You can also see more info about it at https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub and the author is on the Fediverse at @pfefferle

Once it's installed, you can find the blog's Fediverse address in your WordPress dashboard's Users section, it's listed at the bottom of the user's profile options. You can copy and paste this address into the search box on Mastodon etc to interact with that user's blog.

You'll also see an ActivityPub section in the Settings menu.

Note : This plug-in only works on independently hosted WordPress-powered blogs. It doesn't work on Wordpress.com free blogs.

#WordPress #Fediverse