Do we know any more about the plans of Tumblr for when it will join the Fediverse?
Matt did say “ASAP” at the time. Start of July saying they’re still working on it, did he simply underestimate how big of an undertaking it would be?
Probably underestimated the difficulty in doing it
ASAP simply means As Soon As Possible, so they’re still perfectly on goal for that
Yeah, I mean, you are technically right, which is the best kind indeed!
This reply from July shows they’re still working on it, it’s just challenging: https://nitter.net/photomatt/status/1676415784548184065
Is Tumblr still working on this? It’s a little depressing to think Facebook of all companies might beat you to it.
Yeah 😕 They are orders of magnitude bigger and better capitalized than us. Not an excuse, just reality.
Yep, I linked it in the post text, I just wonder how difficult it could truly be
Tumblr scared, there’s porn on the Fediverse…
Also I have a feeling they lose something valuable (The ability to serve ads) for something not as important (Access to more publcly available content)
PS. They can of course serve ads, but what stops lemmy.world from connecting to them and sharing the same content ad free?
what stops lemmy.world from connecting to them and sharing the same content ad free?
That’s true, I hadn’t thought about that, but I wonder if he thinks that maybe Tumblr isn’t popular enough to see a big loss in doing that, since at most it would just get more interactions from a community that wouldn’t have joined a proprietary social network in the first place, so the missed ads would have always been missed, while in this way he gains more “free” engagement
About the porn, they could probably defederate from the largest NSFW instances at least
did he simply underestimate how big of an undertaking it would be?
I’m betting that’s it
Once you look into it, you realize the interoperability isn’t there like some claim. “Joining the fediverse” as a single instance means nothing. Activitypub doesn’t make everything instantly interoperable, and being able to crosspost on everything is a large (and pretty futile) undertaking.
