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Why doesn't WordPress.org (the open source version) have a Mastodon account? Because they have considerably active Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn accounts...

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Cameron
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Looks like there was a (very) brief discussion about it back in 2023
https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/discussions/168

Should WordPress get an account on a Mastodon instance? · WordPress Marketing-Team · Discussion #168

Andy Fragan started a thread in the Meta slack meeting posing this question: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02QB8GMM/p1674674187265479 IMO this is important to do in alignment with the Open ...
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Matthias Pfefferle
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is this the official threads account of WordPress.org https://www.threads.net/@wordpress ???

It would be a first step to at least activate federation there!


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@pfefferle Yes. #WordPress (https://wordpress.org) links to their #Instagram account on the homepage: https://www.instagram.com/wordpress

In turn, their official handle links to their #Threads account.

Someone in the WordPress foundation needs to contact #Meta & have their account verified & activate #ActivityPub on their Threads account.

They also need to install the ActivityPub plugin so we can follow updates from the #Fediverse.


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