Medium embraces Mastodon
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The fediverse is a breath of fresh air for writers and social media

Today, Medium is launching a Mastodon instance at me.dm to help our authors, publications and readers find a home in the fediverse. Mastodon is an emerging force for good in social media and we are excited to join this community.

  •  Arthur Besse   ( @cypherpunks@lemmy.ml ) 
    8•2 years ago

    Contrary to what the title suggests, it sounds like they aren’t actually planning on implementing ActivityPub on medium itself, but rather they are just launching a new medium-branded mastodon instance. 🥱

    •  0x1C3B00DA   ( @0x1C3B00DA@lemmy.ml ) 
      5•2 years ago

      In this thread, the CEO mentions they might add AP but he believes shortform and longform content should be completely separate. I don’t think he realizes there’s no way to keep them separate on the fediverse. Any long form content that is federated can be found on microblogging fediverse software (as it should be; the idea that they should be separate platforms is dumb)

      •  Ninmi   ( @Ninmi@sopuli.xyz ) 
        2•2 years ago

        Yeah, it really is the UI that does the job. A UI that truncates posts >500 characters behind a “show more” button already gets you closer to a microblogging platform.