Chris Trottier on Nostr: Hell yeah! I was wondering when #Automattic would finally take on #Substack! ...
Hell yeah! I was wondering when #Automattic would finally take on #Substack! WordPress.com now allows email newsletters and paid subscriptions!
It just seemed like the right direction to go on -- especially given Substack's questionable leadership team.
What might this mean for the #Fediverse?
It's no secret that there's lots of work going into the #ActivityPub plugin for WordPress, which currently requires installation on self-hosted blogs.
But at some point, I imagine that this may find its way to WordPress.com.
Now I've said previously that email will be core to future Fediverse adoption. Email is what drives adoption even to this day. Hell, it's what grew Substack itself.
Once the stars align for ActivityPub integration and email subscriptions, I believe this is where a federated WordPress can really shine.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/01/wordpress-com-challenges-substack-with-launch-of-paid-newslettersnpub1gsm90pjumqekhq83ark3jc4nm43lvz2hvvv7nn2g6hgthayfkwzsv75y8l (npub1gsm…5y8l) 
Published at
2023-06-01 19:25:39Event JSON
{
"id": "0002a0a28b4664eadc0a6c439a05b5d1124c014d81dad07794c6188dec984012",
"pubkey": "d372b5815f23ec0faa965c0961bd2e4c3238fd54828a0f5334a87c3dd0fc9e2d",
"created_at": 1685647539,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"p",
"443657865cd8336b80f1e8ed1962b3dd63f609576319e9cd48d5d0bbf489b385",
"wss://relay.mostr.pub"
],
[
"t",
"automattic"
],
[
"t",
"substack"
],
[
"t",
"fediverse"
],
[
"t",
"activitypub"
],
[
"mostr",
"https://calckey.social/notes/9fh3c2o8kb3p96ry"
]
],
"content": "Hell yeah! I was wondering when #Automattic would finally take on #Substack! WordPress.com now allows email newsletters and paid subscriptions!\n\nIt just seemed like the right direction to go on -- especially given Substack's questionable leadership team.\n\nWhat might this mean for the #Fediverse?\n\nIt's no secret that there's lots of work going into the #ActivityPub plugin for WordPress, which currently requires installation on self-hosted blogs. \n\nBut at some point, I imagine that this may find its way to WordPress.com.\n\nNow I've said previously that email will be core to future Fediverse adoption. Email is what drives adoption even to this day. Hell, it's what grew Substack itself. \n\nOnce the stars align for ActivityPub integration and email subscriptions, I believe this is where a federated WordPress can really shine.\n\nhttps://techcrunch.com/2023/06/01/wordpress-com-challenges-substack-with-launch-of-paid-newsletters\n\nnostr:npub1gsm90pjumqekhq83ark3jc4nm43lvz2hvvv7nn2g6hgthayfkwzsv75y8l\n\nhttps://bunnyt1c.s3.us-east-005.backblazeb2.com/calckeysoc/0e41fd68-7184-481a-802c-ee7fc452477d.png",
"sig": "4841de2934ffae8ece0bd0dc0d2d03febc181064b22736e0cfc6ba3f9a78387a85c6962f2a80eb2c63bf17be86dfa387303603bcdfd1ca7b3ee64015deffc54e"
}