Blocking
When you block a user, it’s possible they may be notified. This is bad. Here I explain how this is possible, and the good reason why it was deliberately built this way.
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Funding
How can we create a funding model that allows startup founders to build terrific products that people love on the open social web? My answer: let’s not do that.
Migrating WordPress
How to migrate a Wordpress instance with ActivityPub followers using the export and import tools. And, why that doesn’t work.
Extensibility
Arguing that at least some ActivityPub servers should act more like email servers, allowing clients to communicate data that doesn’t fit into the server’s data model.
Events
How you can promote events with the new Event Bridge Wordpress plugin. I think this is a model for helping the Fediverse live up to its potential.
Decentralisation
I wonder about the definition of “decentralisation”, and realise that the political meaning of the term is far more important than the technical or mathematical senses preferred by Fedinerds.
Winning
People panic that the latest Twitter wave is going to BlueSky not Mastodon. But they are chasing different “wins”.
Matrix Diversity
The Matrix Board was elected, overwhelmingly white male. It’s widely understood that this needs to be fixed. I propose some actions.
Fedivision 2024
Wrapup from Fedivision 2024, the first time I really paid attention. My impressions, speculation about how it could grow, and my suggestion for a voting system that can handle so many entries.
Journalism
3000 words explaining that it’s actually about ethics in social media journalism.