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Um excuse me WTF? Automattic will be moving Tumblr to run on the WP backend? Is this all just a publicity stunt??

#tumblr #wordpress #migration

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/28/24230587/tumblr-move-blogs-wordpress-automattic


Tumblr will move all of its blogs to WordPress — and you might not even notice

Tumblr is moving all of its blogs to WordPress. Automattic, the parent company of Tumblr and WordPress, says the move will make it easier to ship features across both platforms.
Emma Roth (The Verge)
#Wordpress #migration #tumblr
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Geoffrey Conley 🏳️‍🌈 🖥️ 🚴🏼 ☕
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@BeAware well I'm open to the idea that blogs are blogs, and it could work. But I would be shocked to see it well implemented. I find myself wondering, at what point is it still wordpress anymore?
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BeAware :fediverse:
BeAware :fediverse:
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well, it is still very customizable to just be a simple blog. I think it's not going to hurt WordPress, after all, they are porting the front end of Tumblr to the backend servers of Wordpress.

They claim that users shouldn't even notice a difference.

If you're using either one, it doesn't seem like they will cross paths in anyway that's noticeable. At least that's what they claim.

I guess we can only take them for their word and see what happens.

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