I was so excited to find out that WordPress.com has finally enabled ActivityPub integration with the Fediverse. This means that this blog of mine can essentially act as a Fediverse instance or account. So, if anything happens to Hachyderm, I can rely on my website to act as my touchpoint in the Fediverse.

This could be a big game changer for the Fediverse. We no longer have to rely on the kindness of strangers to host us on the Fediverse. From what I can see, WordPress.com has made it quite easy for the layman to step into Federeted social media spaces. Before, you’d have to have above average tech know-how to set yourself up in the Fediverse.

However, I’m not sure how the other instances will react to the flood of WP.com Fediverse accounts coming their way. Will they federate with them or put up shields?

This also opens up another problem for me, personally – I now essentially have two accounts in the Fediverse. Three if you want to count my DramaTea blog’s Fediverse account, so managing three profiles is not what I call a fun thing to do.

I’m pretty happy and settled at https://hachyderm.io/@liztai and am probably not looking to move anytime soon.

Also… let’s say I do want to move my followers from my Hachyderm account to my @elizabethtai.com@elizabethtai.com account … how do I do it? Lots of questions, still!

I’m still exploring the feature. But a few things have been written about this that you might find useful:

• Engage a Wider Audience With ActivityPub on WordPress.com
• WordPress: Turning your blog into a Fediverse server
• WordPress.com blogs can now be followed on Mastodon and other federated platforms