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 OK! Let's try that again.

Would you please try to follow @Terence Eden’s Blog 

In about an hour, it should post its first message to the Fediverse.

Huge thanks to @0c3a0f82 for helping me out. The #WordPress + #ActivityPub future is going to be awesome 🙂 
 @2fd7551e Mine still says my follow request is waiting to be accepted… 
 @024f08ef try withdrawing it and following again. 
 @2fd7551e Done. It did the same thing last time but not sure... It says I'm the only follower. 
 @024f08ef It will only show you the followers on your own instance (I think). 
 @2fd7551e @Terence Eden’s Blog @0c3a0f82 Do you want to know about failed follow attempts? 
 @589f5f1d if it is a new attempt - yes please. 
 @2fd7551e failed then, failed again now, via the Web interface. 
 @2fd7551e @Terence Eden’s Blog @0c3a0f82 It’s been stuck on “requested” for ages. 
 @a581b402 you'll need to withdraw and follow again. 
 @2fd7551e Had to cancel the still outstanding follow request, then a new one immediately went through. Didn't even reload the page between them. 🙂 
 @09e3a6cb noice! 
 OK! My WordPress install seems to be picking up new followers 😃 

Now the wait to see if my next blog post travels to the tubes to all those servers.

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/068/705/405/953/661/original/baab048d2e126e72.png 
 Well, my Mastodon instance picked up a post from @Terence Eden’s Blog 

So… it works? 
 @2fd7551e @Terence Eden’s Blog  ...a blog i can start following using Mastodon ? 
 @e2aff28e

Yup 😄 
 @2fd7551e Nice, how did you do that, with something clever on your blog/server i assume? 
 @e2aff28e
https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/ 
 @2fd7551e nice, thanks for sharing, maybe i should restart my Wordpress blog 😀 
 @2fd7551e is it this one? 🆕 blog! “Using Selenium & Chrome to automatically download Blob files” 
 @b0f85c33
That's the one 😀 
 @2fd7551e it appears as it’s posted from your username (mastodon.social) though and @Terence Eden’s Blog is empty of posts

https://cdn.masto.host/awscommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/111/069/061/729/306/260/original/4929dadc1f0b3624.png 
 @b0f85c33

Very strange. If you view it on the web version of your community, does it show anything? 
 @2fd7551e so from the web version here are the screen shots showing the same thing

https://cdn.masto.host/awscommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/111/069/129/479/956/934/original/8f6385520d8defb0.png

https://cdn.masto.host/awscommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/111/069/129/549/405/544/original/1340ab3a9b578e0d.png 
 @b0f85c33
Weird. If you scroll back through my posts, can you see my boost of the blog's post?
I'm wondering if your community doesn't support long posts or something similar. 
 @2fd7551e @b0f85c33 I too am seeing nothing on the blog account. I don't know that I've configured this instance in a particular way to block long posts. 
 @e0e3b1bd
@b0f85c33 
You're also both running 4.1.7 - wonder if that's that cause? 
 @2fd7551e works for me from mastodon.social. I saw you boost it. Love that the post link is just the blog post link- https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/09/using-selenium-chrome-to-automatically-download-blob-files/ 
 @2fd7551e @Terence Eden’s Blog 

Are you abandoning this account for the blog? 
 @9996402d
No, my blog is just for my blog posts. 
 @2fd7551e think it might be a little overloaded ATM getting timeouts 
 @b0f85c33
Could you try again please?
If that doesn't work - could you send me a screenshot or any other info. Ta! 
 @2fd7551e it worked a few mins later, it basically wouldn’t load the profile info when I clicked on @Terence Eden’s Blog 
 @b0f85c33
Good to know. Cheers! 
 @2fd7551e Was able to follow from my GoToSocial site. Will monitor to make sure your next post shows up. Exciting stuff!