"PoP – Platform of Platforms is a WordPress framework which aims to break the information monopoly of large Internet...
"PoP – Platform of Platforms is a WordPress framework which aims to break the information monopoly of large Internet corporations by linking autonomous WordPress websites together, allowing them to interact with each other and become part of a wider network composed of different communities." (quoted from https://wordpress.tv/2016/09/10/leonardo-losoviz-how-to-make-a-decentralized-wordpress-website/)
Someone is trying to decentralize WordPress. According to the author it is not quite ready yet. I believe this is not the first of such attempt but it's probably the only one active now.
https://github.com/leoloso/PoP
Someone is trying to decentralize WordPress. According to the author it is not quite ready yet. I believe this is not the first of such attempt but it's probably the only one active now.
https://github.com/leoloso/PoP
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ReplyDeleteSo, a hub component.
ReplyDeleteI love this idea.
ReplyDeleteSo is this a federation layer over Wordpress? I really had trouble understanding it. :(
ReplyDeleteDO ИOꓕ DꓵbΓICⱯꓕE Why not...
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Mike Noyes I am not aware of that but the question is does it connect to other WordPress instances that have the plugin installed?
ReplyDeleteDO ИOꓕ DꓵbΓICⱯꓕE It connects them to the larger Free Network...
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Mike Noyes I know that much about the federation thank you but what my question meant was does installing the plugin turn WordPress into part of the federation or just merely cross-posting to the federated social networks?
ReplyDeleteDO ИOꓕ DꓵbΓICⱯꓕE If Wordpress integrated ActivityPub in the core code, it would allow Wordpress instances to interact with each other.
ReplyDeleteMike Noyes So I assume the plugin is not capable of doing that if it involves modifying the core.
ReplyDeleteDO ИOꓕ DꓵbΓICⱯꓕE In other words, why implement a new json schema when a standard already exists?
ReplyDeleteDO ИOꓕ DꓵbΓICⱯꓕE Doesn't PoP require modification of the core Wordpress code? PoP won't talk to anything other than other WP sites. Another walled garden of sorts.
ReplyDeleteMike Noyes The same question has been asked to Diaspora developers before. I think you might want to look it up.
ReplyDeleteMike Noyes From my understanding PoP is just adding a social layer to WP. Can't say much about it because it's not out yet. Yeah it may be seen as a walled garden but the goal is still about decentralization.
ReplyDeleteDO ИOꓕ DꓵbΓICⱯꓕE ActivityPub is the standard...
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Mike Noyes Yes but I am open to many options. SMS, MMS and more recently RCS are also standards in mobile messaging but I don't see many people happily adopting RCS yet.
ReplyDeleteDO ИOꓕ DꓵbΓICⱯꓕE People that used Gopher thought the same of the new WWW standard. Time will tell. Some W3C standards fail.
ReplyDeleteMike Noyes That's true. Standards don't matter if nobody uses them. For me I'll use whatever that is available and works. If someone can come up with ActivityPub plugin that can connect WP instances I'd like to see it. I'll also give the above plugin to see what it is capable and incapable of doing, though that would mean having to install 2 WP instances to see if it works.
ReplyDeleteDO ИOꓕ DꓵbΓICⱯꓕE I haven't looked at the WP plugin API, so I can't make an educated guess on what may be possible. I'm fairly certain a change to the core code will work.
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