Microsoft DevBlogs now federated
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/10535103
Microsoft DevBlogs has just been federated and can be followed at @msftdevblogs@dotnet.social.
Thanks to @mapache@hachyderm.io!
Where's the source?
The post link is to the general website, with no indication.
The linked dotnet.social account describes itself with
Bot parrot for https://devblogs.microsoft.com/
If you like to bring #Microsoft #DevBlogs officially to the #Fediverse,
So I have to take away that it's not federated after all. There's only a bot sharing links.
Federated would mean more than a bot, right?
The source is Maho. He's a Microsoft employee who has added ActivityPub (via the Wordpress plug-in) in his spare time. The 2nd person to follow it was also a Microsoft employee - @DevLeader@programming.dev - who I'm sure would be happy to clear up anything about it (I'm not sure if Maho himself is on here,, but Nick is).
Thereβs only a bot sharing links. Federated would mean more than a bot, right?
When a new post is made in a Community here, the relevant Community bot sends out a link to the post (see screenshot of post the .NET Community bot sent out about this post) - is this Community federated? Same answer.
Get ready everyone, here comes the
Embrace, extend, and extinguish
That's so 2008
Yeah, people were saying that when dotnet.social launched as well, despite that not being an official MS server either.
