>Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg — whose company acquired Tumblr from Verizon in 2019 — suggested the user “come to Tumblr” as the site would soon “add activitypub for interconnect.”
I'll believe it when I see it
too easy to say this kind of thing in the hopes it will lure people in and get some press, and then to just quietly never do it and when asked about it again say "it didn't work out because of technical reasons"
I think it’s fair to be sceptical. I’m not aware of other services having retro fitted activitypub (are there any?) so it’ll be a good test of the protocol and any claims it will lead to more interoperability beyond Mastodon instances.
Tumblr infamously had a lot of spagetti code back in the day, with both new and old features breaking all the time. Last I checked (within the past 10 months), my tumblr accounts still shows -1 likes.
I think Automattic has been good for the site code quality-wise, but also very much believe it when I see it. Plus, what happens when porn federates over to someones Tumblr dashboard?
I'll believe it when I see it
too easy to say this kind of thing in the hopes it will lure people in and get some press, and then to just quietly never do it and when asked about it again say "it didn't work out because of technical reasons"