Flipboard Begins to Federate

#1

Post by tonystubblebine » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 5:37 PM UTC

Flipboard Begins to Federate
flipboard.medium.com

Re: Flipboard Begins to Federate

#2

Post by reqo » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 6:44 PM UTC

Unrelated. How hard is it to create another “internet” which is completely detached from the current internet?

Re: Flipboard Begins to Federate

#3

Post by riidom » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 6:45 PM UTC

In case one has no clue what flipboard is, like me, have a shortened first paragraph from wikipedia:

Flipboard aggregates content from social media, news feeds, photo sharing sites, and other websites and presents it in magazine format.

Re: Flipboard Begins to Federate

#4

Post by riidom » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 6:46 PM UTC

reqo wrote: post #2

Unrelated. How hard is it to create another “internet” which is completely detached from the current internet?

Sounds like an "Ask HN" to me.

Re: Flipboard Begins to Federate

#5

Post by AltruisticGapHN » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 6:48 PM UTC

Completely forgot it even existed. I remember I loved the app initially on iPad. Looked so nice. Then it started getting flooded with ads and turned to peepoo.

The layout was awesome though. It was kinda like a RSS reader you could follow a bunch of topics, twitter feeds, blogs...

Re: Flipboard Begins to Federate

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Post by simonw » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 6:48 PM UTC

I'm excited about this - and about Threads too.

I've been on Mastodon for just over a year now. It works really surprisingly well, especially considering it's stitched together from so many independent, non-profit open source instances.

But... it's still not easy enough for non-nerds to get onboard.

I'd love to see efforts from organizations like Flipboard, and Threads, and Automattic make an impact here. I want to be able to follow interesting content from the kind of people who are put off by language like "first, select your federated instance".

Also noteworthy: in the Verge article about this at https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/18/24006062/flipboard-fediv... there's this quote:

    “Basically, we’re in the process of replacing
    our whole social back-end with ActivityPub,”
    says Flipboard CEO Mike McCue. “I think
    Flipboard is going to be the first mainstream
    consumer service that existed in a walled
    garden that switches over to ActivityPub.”

You can now follow the Flipboard account for The Verge on Mastodon/other-Fediverse-things by following @theverge@flipboard.com - or pasting in the URL https://flipboard.com/@theverge

Re: Flipboard Begins to Federate

#7

Post by leotravis10 » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 6:49 PM UTC

If you can't get past the Medium loginwall, here's a mirrored link: https://archive.ph/uFFy4

Re: Flipboard Begins to Federate

#8

Post by nearlyepic » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 6:51 PM UTC

reqo wrote: post #2

Unrelated. How hard is it to create another “internet” which is completely detached from the current internet?

The answer ranges from "basically impossible" to "trivial" depending on what layer of the OSI model you think the "current internet" exists on.

Re: Flipboard Begins to Federate

#9

Post by thekevan » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 6:51 PM UTC

Flipboard used to be great, but as expected, it got diluted with recycled FB and reddit content, ads and "the top 5 things you shouldn't do, number 3 shocked me" type of posts.

Re: Flipboard Begins to Federate

#10

Post by leotravis10 » Mon, Dec 18, 2023, 6:52 PM UTC

I'm very stoked about this as I trust Flipboard to get major social federation right more than Meta/Facebook plus they're more ethical in all sense.

As a long time user, it's a great that they're put their eggs in the ActivityPub basket and I'm looking forward to see what they truly got in the coming months.