As most WordPress users know, there is a great ActivityPub plugin that makes your blog part of the fediverse. It pairs well with the WebMention plugin to bring in reactions from all over. The trouble is, it can be hard to get noticed. Here are some tips to get over that hump.
Have an account on a large instance and follow yourself
The quickest way to get started is if you, yourself, follow you, your blog. That means that the server instance you are on will poll for content. That gets it into the global feed at least.
The global feed by itself is not all that much help. That’s why the second step is to also boost your best content. This will show it to your fedi-followers. From there, it is down to the quality of your post as to how much further it goes.
You could set up camp in multiple instances but you will face the law of finishing returns. One account is usually fine (if it is active and picks up relevant followers).
The wider the array of instances that users follow you from, the better this tip works.
Use the Friends plugin
The Friends plugin is far from perfect, but it does allow the blog to follow Mastodon accounts (as well as RSS feeds). Friends and ActivityPub cooperate well.
You can use the Friends plugin to follow interesting people. As a general rule, people tend to follow back when followed. Not always. Which is why you should only follow people if you mean it. If you want to see their stuff in your Friends’ feed.
Connect with relays
There are servers out there that exist to connect ActivityPub nodes. There’s a whole list of them on relaylist.com. I don’t know a lot about relays, but I do know there’s a setting in the activityPub plugin for relays to ping.
If you know a bit more, please chime in.