Jan-Lukas Else

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A decentralized social network based on WordPress

Published on 2021-01-22 in 🔗 Links

Short link: https://b.jlel.se/s/3aa

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I got a webmention from Alexander Kirk, mentioning one of my recent posts.

Looking at his site, I saw that he developed a WordPress plugin which tries to turn WordPress into a decentralized social network. It’s called “Friends” and looks quite interesting. He wrote an article about it and there’s even a showcase video (from 2019).

I think it’s a cool idea!

Your personal blog, now connected to your friends
No ads. No trackers. Hosted where you want.

https://wpfriends.at/

Tags: IndieWeb, WordPress

Interactions & Comments

Tomáš Jakl
Kev Quirk Kev Quirk: "@en@jlelse.blog while this is interesting, it… @en while this is interesting, it’s still a silo as I requires people to have Wordpress and this plugin - of which there are only 60 people on the planet, according to WP.To be decentralised, it needs to work anywhere. The #IndieWeb is a good start, but it’s so convoluted to manage.
ob ob: "@en@jlelse.blog the video looks very nice, but it…… @en the video looks very nice, but it should be based on a (hopefully easy) standard that you can implement with any type of hosting service. The IndieWeb with its domain login I think would be a good start to be able to see private posts on a given website.
colinwalker @jlelse That's such a cool idea. It's like the indieweb o… @jlelse That's such a cool idea. It's like the indieweb on steroids.