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Tumblr is making the move to WordPress. After its 2019 acquisition by WordPress.com parent company Automattic in a $3 million fire sale, the new owner has

So… if the backend gets moved over to Wordpress, and Wordpress can already federate, I guess this means Tumblr is coming to the fediverse? 😮

  • Flamekebab@piefed.socialEnglish
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    20 days ago

    I suppose what I’m looking for is a lightweight, multi-user CMS, with support for both static pages and a blog. If the blog could support (at least one-way) federation that’d be a bonus. It should ideally be built to work with both desktop and mobile devices (so that I can customise the look rather than build it from scratch).

    It’s something I could build from scratch but if I can do it then I’m sure lots of more skilled people have done it better!

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
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      18 days ago

      There are Fediverse blog platforms but, as this is about Tumblr, what about a Fediverse tumbleblog? You’ve got:

      • Wafrn
      • Loforo: “Another surprise is that Loforo is the second most active ActivityPub blog platform in the Fediverse, behind only WordPress.”
      • Goblin - mentioned in the previous article. It’s a FireFish fork from a former Tumblr employee.