[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51413: ActivityPub native support: WordPress Federation

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#51413: ActivityPub native support: WordPress Federation
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 Reporter:  rebelc0de        |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General          |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
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 I believe WordPress could be the **perfect driving force** to bring back
 the initial values of Internet: in particular **decentralisation**.

 **WP is running +38% of the Internet**
 (https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management) and has
 built in support for open protocols like RSS, which is great, but not
 enough to compete with social network (most of people think socials are
 the only way to follow updates).

 In fact WP is not really a network (even if wordpress.com gives some
 "social abilities") but more a constellation of small data silos which
 don't talk to each others. Wouldn't be amazing to make them able to reach
 each others directly and share data?

 WHAT IF...
 From each WP instances I could connect with other WP instances, with the
 same kind of data, and search from one place the entire network (or at
 least the part with the instance shares common ground)? This is already
 happening in the Fediverse with self hostable platforms like Mastodon,
 PeerTube, Pixelfed...WordPress could join the party anytime!

 Here are some use cases:

 FEDERATED ARTICLES & COMMENTS
 There're already 2 plugins able to federate articles and comments:
 https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/
 https://github.com/pterotype-project/pterotype (sadly archived)
 They could interact with Mastodon nodes and other compatible platforms.

 FEDERATED IMAGES
 Every image posted could (or not) be part of the Fediverse, so people
 could find content visually (PixelFed is the best example) without passing
 by search engines or centralised social networks.

 FEDERATED VIDEOS
 Every website could became part of the PeerTube network, breaking the
 habit to post all videos in 1 or few servers. This could make videomakers
 able to really own their contests and their followers, getting financed
 directly to produce and stream contents.

 FEDERATED EVENTS
 Plugins like Events Manager could use WP Federated APIs to make events
 part of a network, creating with just an update an alternative to Fb
 Events (which is monopolising the events market nowadays).

 FEDERATED MAPS POI, PRODUCTS TO BUY...AND MUCH MORE!
 Like events, a lot of structured data is stored in our WP silos, but it's
 hard to find without external indexing services like search engines. It's
 just a matter of building a bridge and give to WP admins the ability to
 inter-connected their websites and amazing things could happen.

 A HOPE FOR A BETTER INTERNET AND A LESS POLARISED WORLD
 I think that social networks and websites are going to merge into
 "networked websites", ActivityPub is just the first step into this
 process.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51413>
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