Yesterday I was chatting with Tim Bray on Mastodon about coming up with a design and implementation for incoming feeds for ActivityPub. I promised to show how WordPress does it.
So this is an example of a WordPress post, but I'm providing a link to this post as it is viewed on Mastodon via the AP interface that the Automattic people have done.
It's a heroic effort imho. And it shows that Mastodon doesn't have a character limit, and it can do simple styling and links. Posts can have titles, and can be edited.
These are important features that are not new to writing on computers but are new to social media. Tim and I are old enough when writing tools routinely provided these features for web writing. Speaking for myself I want them back.
Now I'm rambling on purpose to show how long-winded one can be using this connection. Someone will point out that I could have said what I have to say here in 140 characters. It's so true! But I feel free to go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on but at some point you have to say enough is enough and just stop for crying out loud.