AP is like RSS on steroids, should be activated by default.

I think the ecosystem around it, and the awareness that comes with it, needs to grow quite a bit still.

the real power of the plugin starts to unlock once you also have another fedi account with some followers already so that you can boost your wordpress posts to them and you can kickstart some engagement.

That said, Im lucky enough to have that, and once you do that, it is a massive boost to engagement

I think there is a broad awareness among writers at this point that most people do not click on links on social media. So boosting the post as an entire body of text that you can read directly in your fedi client of choice is showing a massive increase in engagement for me, as you sidestep the not-clicking-links problem.

2/3

This is all great ofcourse, but I wouldnt underestimate the shift in mindset that this requires. Most writing/blogging/journalism has a very strong implicit mindset of getting people to go to your place to read the content there. Making the best of the plugin turns that around, where your blog is now effectively an archive and 'homebase', and you send it out away from to other people, instead of luring people towards you.