Hello fediverse!
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Hello fediverse!
This morning we shipped an exciting new version of #Flipboard that enables *anyone* on Flipboard to follow *anyone* in the fediverse.
This is the culmination of a ton of work to deeply integrate #ActivityPub into the product. The result is incredibly seamless.
Just tap on the search icon in Flipboard and tap the follow button for anyone featured there or that you find in search. You’ll soon start seeing their posts in all of your relevant Flipboard feeds.
Check the screenshots below and read this post to learn more:
Now People on Flipboard Can Follow Anyone in the Fediverse
Anyone who is federated is followable on Flipboard, giving Flipboard’s community even more options for people and content to enjoy.
About Flipboard (about.flipboard.com)
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BeAware :fediverse:replied to Mike McCue on last edited by
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@mike this is so exciting! If I understand it correctly, users can subscribe to federated content without needing to create an account on the fediverse, right? Then, if they do want to join the fediverse, they'll have access to more options (like commenting).
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I just installed the update, it seems to work very well (finally the Pixelfed aggregation also works).
It's a very interesting and promising goal, congratulations. @flipboard is always ahead of everyone! And keep it up!
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@docpop Exactly. Starting today every Flipboard user can follow every fediverse user and see their posts in relevant feeds.
Also starting today, any Flipboard user can request to federate their Flipboard account which will turn them into a full blown Fediverse user who can be discovered and followed from Mastodon and other fediverse apps.
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@mike Congratulations, Mike! We're already spreading the word.
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@hello Thank you! And one really important point to highlight:
This is actually a full blown ActivityPub follow. So what that means is that if your Flipboard account is federated it is a full two way connection and you can reply to posts.
Also, starting today, any Flipboard user can request to federate their account to gain this two way capability. We are gradually federating more and more accounts as we scale our backend.
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@mike Each person/account shows up as a separate magazine, right? Is there an easy way to combine them?
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@dan613 Great Q. We definitely need a way to do this. I believe the fediverse should have a notion of multiple feeds for a single account. This would also help enable things like publicly shareable lists. Open to ideas for how to make this happen!
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@mike Nice!
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@Nudelfreak Dies bedeutet, dass Flipboard-Benutzer jetzt Beiträge von Fediverse-Benutzern sehen können, die von Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed usw. posten.
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Mathieu Lefebvre :cursor_move:replied to Mike McCue on last edited by
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@[email protected] congrats!
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@mike good work and thanks. I’ll tell everyone! #fediverse
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@mike Fantastic! Congratulations! 🥳
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Tried connect from app myself, potus, @xChaos, @Kosmo Klub, even Kara Swisher. It's not working. Search for Social is full of YT users and channels, nothing from Fediverse.
(Flipboard account [email protected])
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@martin Will look into this. Be sure you're using the very latest version of Flipboard. CCing @FlipboardCS to help.
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@Mike McCue Flipboard 4.3.27, 5463
