Over the past five weeks Manton has upgraded Micro.blog to work better with the Open Web and @MastodonProject; gradual updates combine to make it possible to access Mastodon *through* Micro.blog, along with other associated improvements.
Combining fixes, a new username feature, and disclosure of back-end reply processing from the past few months, the first release covered Webmention improvements: manton.org/2018/10/09/web…
In the next release Manton unveiled one of the biggest Micro.blog features to date; compatibility with Mastodon. This includes the option to cross-post from your blog to Mastodon and use of ActivityPub to integrate with the platform directly: manton.org/2018/11/07/mic…
A day later Manton revealed the new structure for usernames in Micro.blog, enabling improved interaction between the platform and the Open Web; this involves Mastodon and IndieWeb-friendly domain names specifically: manton.org/2018/11/08/use…
Finally, Manton covered the recent updates with regard to Mastodon and exactly how through ActivityPub Micro.blog has access to the decentralised platform and vice versa. This includes a helpful set of instructions for getting started: manton.org/2018/11/14/act…
All of these updates make Micro.blog a much friendlier citizen of the web and more robust solution to social networking *away* from the mainstream silos of the web. The official Help documentation was also updated to cover ActivityPub: help.micro.blog/2018/activityp…
