We need an #RSS reader with "Reply" and "Repost" buttons. These actions would occur on a blog you connect with #Micropub or #XMLRPC, and use #WebMentions to notify the originating site.

Come to think of it -- Micro.blog kind of already is this? Not sure how good it is at letting you add arbitrary RSS feeds though. @manton

@weirdwriter Can a Microsub reader read RSS?

@weirdwriter These look like they all need a Microsub server to connect to.

@jsit That’s what most Microsub readers do. Unfortunately—well, it was meant to be a good thing—they need a server to do the actual aggregating. I once built a self-hosted “traditional” feed reader with optional support for Microsub (and Micropub) clients—by default, everything is done through its (responsive, obviously) web interface. Although I now just use my WordPress feed reader plugin, which also has reply and like buttons.

@janboddez Yeah, I want something that’s easy for normal people.

@jsit Yeah, the thing with even Micropub is that you’d have to input your site’s URL somewhere, and that your site would have to support not just Micropub but almost certainly IndieAuth as well, and …

I really like web feeds and webmentions and, I guess, microformats (which can be a pain to get right, nested `span` elements and all), but that’s where I think I’d draw the line. (And I too use a WordPress plugin to handle microformats for me. In fact, I now have my CMS do all of those for me. 😅)

@jsit I think micro.blog would be the closest thing to “something for normal people.” Or Mastodon, if you replace web feeds/webmentions with “ActivityPub.”

I had this silly idea for a WP multisite install that comes with domain mapping, Webmention, and microformats-ready themes. Not because I think WP is the best fit for such a thing, but because it’s what a lot of people happen to know (a little). (In fact, my own sites currently run on exactly that setup.)