Chris TrottierJan 26, 2023

The Financial Times is shutting down their Mastodon instance (alphaville.club).

Their reason? Security, liability, and cost.

With all due respect, I believe they went about their instance the wrong way:

1. Keep your instance moderated, you're less likely liable
2. Keep your instance closed to registrations, you're more secure
2. Keep your instance light, it's inexpensive

Also: Financial Times' site runs in WordPress. Why not use WordPress as an instance?

https://www.ft.com/content/8d995a24-d77c-4208-a3a6-603d8788ebcd

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Show threadChris TrottierJan 26, 2023

If Financial Times simply installed this plugin on their current website, they perhaps wouldn't feel the need to shut down their Fediverse instance.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/

ActivityPub

Connect your site to the Open Social Web and let millions of users follow, share, and interact with your content from Mastodon, Pixelfed, and more.

WordPress.org
Show threadOlav
@atomicpoet
The ActivityPub plugin doesn't currently support threaded comments, which limits conversation. It's on the Todo list tho
Jan 26, 2023 at 1:30amWeb
Show threadChris TrottierJan 26, 2023
@olavf Yeah, but their first priority should be distributing their articles.
Show threadOlavJan 26, 2023
@atomicpoet
True. I have to do a few things to get the www out of my recipe site before I rebroadcast, but the intent is someone could turn on notifications for the rare post instead of following my normal drivel. Similar idea if smaller scale.