Ghost 6.0 makes a big step forward for decentralized publishing

The social web feature is a big deal. This means integration with social networks, making your Ghost site your decentralized hub for all of your content.

When enabled, Ghost provides your unique address; mine is @eric@ericgregorich.blog. This is similar to an email address, but with two @ symbols. You can follow me using this address from Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, Flipboard, Ghost, WordPress, Micro.blog, and other networks that support the ActivityPub protocol.

Now, you can follow someone on Ghost using:

• Website: https://ericgregorich.blog/ from your favorite browser.
• RSS: https://ericgregorich.blog/rss from your favorite RSS feed reader.
• Newsletter: https://ericgregorich.blog/#/portal/signup from your email inbox.
• Social web: @eric@ericgregorich.blog from your favorite social media service.

In addition to allowing others to follow you through the social web, you can now follow others directly from the Ghost admin page. This is useful for following your favorite blogs and receiving notifications when someone likes, boosts, or replies to you from any other network.

The other significant feature of Ghost 6.0 is built-in privacy-focused analytics, which eliminates the need for any third-party integration to see where your traffic is coming from.