# Publications for the Fediverse?

**URL:** <https://discuss.write.as/t/publications-for-the-fediverse/466>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [March 16, 2019, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/publications-for-the-fediverse/466 "2019-03-16T09:40:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aris](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/aris/32/58_2.png) [@Aris](https://discuss.write.as/u/Aris)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2019, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/publications-for-the-fediverse/466/1 "2019-03-16T09:40:03Z")

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An interesting set of though about the publication concept in the Fediverse. With mention to Medium, Tumblr, Write Freely and Write.as

> **[Publications for the Fediverse?](https://badrihippo.writeas.com/publications-for-the-fediverse)**
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> As an editor of a Medium publication, I've been wondering how publications will work out in the Fediverse, and how they could be implemen...

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**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/publications-for-the-fediverse/466/2 "2019-03-18T15:09:53Z")

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Yep, especially having publications made of blogs from all over the fediverse I think would be really intersting.

Discussed it a bit more with the author on Mastodon:

> **[Write.as (@write\_as@writing.exchange)](https://writing.exchange/@write_as/101748543758903226)**
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> @badrihippo@wandering.shop This is great -- thanks for writing it! It's giving me a lot to think about.
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> You're right about much of how everything works right now. After reading your post, I'm thinking "boosting" as well for creating federated...

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**Author:** ![cjeller1592](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/cjeller1592/32/128_2.png) [@cjeller1592](https://discuss.write.as/u/cjeller1592)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/publications-for-the-fediverse/466/3 "2019-03-22T12:44:04Z")

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Hey @matt, how does Read.Write.as function? It looks like both a [publication](https://read.write.as) and a Fediverse [instance](https://writing.exchange/@readwriteas) of a publication.

Would some variation upon how it works help us get closer to Fediverse publications or would it require more overhaul than is needed? I can imagine the administrative nightmare of simply allowing someone to post to a publication just by checking a box.

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**Author:** ![matt](https://discuss.write.as/user_avatar/discuss.write.as/matt/32/2760_2.png) [@matt](https://discuss.write.as/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://discuss.write.as/t/publications-for-the-fediverse/466/4 "2019-04-01T19:31:12Z")

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It’s really just a one-off publication – we wouldn’t be able to use it in its current form to enable publications for everyone. But the end functionality is certainly really similar, so maybe we can at least borrow design elements from it.