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# Federation
WriteFreely supports federation via ActivityPub, a protocol spoken by popular platforms like [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org) (an alternative to Twitter). This means that when you enable federation for your WriteFreely blogs, they'll get their own handle that people can follow from the fediverse.
WriteFreely supports federation via ActivityPub, a protocol spoken by popular platforms like [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org) (an alternative to Twitter). This means that other people can directly follow your blog from the decentralized social network known as the "fediverse," if your WriteFreely admin has enabled federation.
## Finding your handle
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## Following your blog
To follow your blog, open Mastodon and search for the fediverse handle in your settings page. Click follow and you'll start seeing future posts in your timeline, where you can favorite or boost them to your followers.
To follow your blog, open Mastodon, Pleroma, or your other favorite ActivityPub-powered platform, and search for the fediverse handle from your settings page. (**Note**: you can also search for the blog URL, instead of the handle.) Finally, click the "Follow" button. This will make sure you receive future posts in your timeline, where you can then favorite or boost them to your followers.
## Note about changing your username
If you change your username, a new fediverse handle will be created. The previous fediverse handle will stop being updated. Anyone who was following your previous fediverse handle will not automatically be following the new one. This means they will have to follow the new handle in order to receive your most recent posts.
If you change your username, a new fediverse handle will be created, and the previous fediverse handle will stop receiving new posts. Anyone who was following your previous fediverse handle will have to follow the new one in order to receive your most recent posts.
## Demo