Some sort of, sort of creatures that happen to live on the planet as well, they’re like giraffes- you got giraffes, and you got monkeys, and you got whales, and you got, um, French people, and-
Looking at all the articles circa-2022 where Tumblr planned to implement #ActivityPub for #Mastodon/#Fediverse interoperability... Think of the missed opportunities for all the gay/open source crossover episodes!
I don't know what the costs and benefits are for Tumblr to implement this. Brainstorming:
Pros: network effects (wider content network and wider reach of Tumblr posts), brownie points with people wary of social media walled-gardens (which would play into the notion that Tumblr's a destination for Reddit and Twitter refugees)
Cons: harder to monetize if I can view Tumblr content really easily through a 3rd party application, doing something popular with users[?]
hey staff, how’s it going with this? it has been 4 years. can we hang out with my fediverse friends?
My pacifist convictions have less to do—next to nothing to do—with a logic of political efficacy (or even of moral righteousness) and more to do with a Jesuanic and Lamb-centred Quaker faith.