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Fediverse Discovery Providers:

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Reblog via Mastodon Engineering We are excited to launch a new project that will help small and medium-sized fediverse servers and their users have better access to search and discovery through the use of pluggable Fediverse Discovery Providers, supported by a grant from @EC_NGI. See our new dedicated website for details: https://fediscovery.org/

Federated content publishing in WordPress

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Reblog via mike

Publishing a first attempt at a federated post from @herebox.org@herebox.org to facilitate FediForum session titled “WordPress as Content Authoring Tool for Fediverse” FediForum conference running on open space technology .

This session is intended to support additional discussion specific to adding social location data into Fediverse content, with potential to use WordPress as an example authoring tool.

Federation of this post made possible by WordPress activitypub plugin authored by @pfefferle@mastodon.social . I hope to be working on extending these tools at WordCamp USA contributor day next Tuesday in Portland, Oregon.

https://herebox.org/2024/09/fediforum-2024-day-1-live-on-wordpress/

Analog Privilege

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Via Maroussia LĂ©vesque: The Future is Analog (If You Can Afford It) The idea of “analog privilege” describes how people at the apex of the social order secure manual overrides from ill-fitting, mass-produced AI products and services. Instead of dealing with one-size-fits-all AI systems, they mobilize their economic or social capital to get special personalized … Read more

Connecting your WordPress site to the fediverse:

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Reblog via Neville Hobson

Great conversation between @docpop and pfefferle@mastodon.social about the ActivityPub protocol and connecting your WordPress site to the fediverse. It really is simple to do (unless your WP site is hosted on Siteground) and opens up huge possibilities for others to discover your content. I heard the best simple definition of the fediverse: "The social media version of email". Think about it! WordPress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DhK8uSKIdE

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Reblog via Jonathan Desrosiers Today is Matt Mullenweg’s 40th birthday. While I’m not particularly close to him, I do consider him a friend in some ways. I’ve met him in person many times, though it’s often very brief. In the 17+ years I’ve used WordPress, I’ve also listened to him talk more than I can … Read more

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Reblog via asmartbear

I don’t think “passing the Turning Test” is the goal for AI anymore.

It was for decades. But now that it’s nearby, I think we demand that it not be like a human, but 100x better than a human.

Knows every subject, and is unbiased. Creative but only when appropriate.