Posted by BeauHD from the decentralized-FTW dept.
Starting today, users of the social magazine app Flipboard can follow any federated accounts, “meaning those that participate in the social network of interconnected servers known as the fediverse,” writes TechCrunch’s Sarah Perez. “This now includes Threads accounts in addition to Mastodon accounts and others.” From the report: With the update, which deepens Flipboard’s connection with the ActivityPub social graph, any Flipboard user can follow user profiles from any other federated service. If their Flipboard account is also federated, they can interact with those users’ posts and participate in conversations, as well. Flipboard’s user base, however, is currently undisclosed. […] The Flipboard app supports full fediverse integration, but the company hasn’t yet allowed all users to turn on federation as it’s a phased rollout. We’re told the goal is to make federation a setting users can select later this year, similar to how Threads added a “fediverse sharing” option in June. When federation is enabled, people will be able to not only share to the fediverse but also see and engage with conversations around their Flipboard posts that are taking place in the fediverse.
With Tuesday’s update on Flipboard, people can find and follow others in the fediverse across three areas of its app: Search, Explore and Community. In search results, Flipboard will surface federated accounts and profile results in a new section, “Fediverse Accounts.” Editorial recommendations can also be found in the app’s “Explore” tab under “Fediverse,” and every week a new selection of accounts will be featured in the Community section. Activity from the fediverse will also be displayed in the Flipboard notifications panel, allowing people to engage and follow others in the fediverse directly from their notifications. For Flipboard users, that means they can now follow user profiles from Threads and Mastodon in the Flipboard app, including high-profile users like President Joe Biden (POTUS) and former President Barack Obama on Threads, as well as various creators, like Marques Brownlee, and journalists, like Kara Swisher.
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