Listen, I'm so friggin disgusted over what is probably happening over at Automattic (Tumblr, WordPress dot com) so, if you have a blog over at WordPress dot com, I will help you migrate to a self-hosted WordPress install. Yes, for free. From a professional web dev.
Email me: [email protected] or send a contact form submission at www.foundationwebdev.com/contact/
Do not be shy. I can have this done for you and onto a new hoster (provided you are prepared) in literal minutes.
If you are just lost as to what to do, I'll advise you too
I took Aimee up on her offer to help move WordPress blogs to self-hosted WordPress installs, and am very happy with the process and result!
She worked with me through a few false starts (apparently I like doing things the hard way) with patience and a positive attitude. Then followed up with helpful advice on maintenance, back-up and security.
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@thattommyhall @MartinH wow that's gross and skeevy
I read they originally even included private data like unanswered asks on Tumblr
@aimeecozza Not a wordpresser myself, but sharing for those who do.
It's tempting though given how hard Jekyll is to install these days.
I don't need this service but I just wanted to say: you rock. Thanks for doing this.
I’ve been on WP since 2016 so I’m pretty good at managing the style and content on my site, but I don’t really understand how self-hosting works, how much I can make style and formatting changes (compared to how I make changes now), and costs, etc.
I’m interested in getting my content away from AI, but I don’t want to use up your time with length explanations.
Also, about 1/3 of my content is copyrighted. Not sure that matters w/ AI.
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I like the idea of getting away from WP and AI, but there’s also a part of me not independent enough to tackle this project.
It’s a me problem, but I sincerely appreciate the offer.
@aimeecozza Forgive my ignorance, but what’s going on with Automattic?
I just checked my newsfeeds and haven’t seen anything. I’m not involved with any publishing - just curious.
Edit: Ah, now I found it: https://gizmodo.com/wordpress-tumblr-plan-sell-user-content-ai-companies-1851291225
Calling @Chartodon LR ...
Now thats a real MVP
@aimeecozza
Take a peek at elest.io
One can host said migratees on a CI/CD server with WordPress pipelines super fast. EU and US locations and a few providers to choose from. Domain DNS should support cname flattening for best results, A records can break if the pipeline requires moving.
Companies getting into AI need to stop screwing around. Yeah Pandora's box is open but training should only happen on:
Opt-in > Public domain > PAYING ROYALTIES TO THE PEOPLE YOU TOOK DATA FROM!
@aimeecozza
It's a super fun deployment service! You want to experiment with a web app/stage, spin up a server for pennies an hour and go hard without breaking your brain on the infrastructure part.
Migrating applications and the app user data does need S3/backblaze backups configured on the app, or just spin a server with MinIO.
I'm working on backed-up game servers, so only running when someone wants to play them, dropping my online multiplayer bill a few bucks a year for a bunch of games.
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