Mike McCue (@mike@flipboard.social)
Föderation EN Di 13.08.2024 18:49:54
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 out these screenshots:
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Doctor Popular (@docpop@mastodon.social)
Föderation EN Di 13.08.2024 18:57:27
@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).
Mike McCue (@mike@flipboard.social)
Föderation EN Di 13.08.2024 19:12:07
@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.
Olivier Simard-Casanova (@o.simardcasanova.net@bsky.brid.gy) Bot
Föderation EN Di 13.08.2024 19:00:39
This is amazing, excellent work by Flipboard!
Salvo Micciché (@salvomic@flipboard.social)
Föderation EN Di 13.08.2024 19:05:50
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!
We Distribute (@hello@social.wedistribute.org)
Föderation EN Di 13.08.2024 19:17:32
Mike McCue (@mike@flipboard.social)
Föderation EN Di 13.08.2024 19:21:42
@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.
Dan Neuman (@dan613@ottawa.place)
Föderation EN Di 13.08.2024 19:25:30
@mike Each person/account shows up as a separate magazine, right? Is there an easy way to combine them?
Mike McCue (@mike@flipboard.social)
Föderation EN Di 13.08.2024 19:28:18
@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!
Matthias Pfefferle (@pfefferle@mastodon.social)
Föderation EN Mi 14.08.2024 08:54:41
@mike @Flipboard I checked it with my Mastodon Account and my WordPress blog and it seems to show my Mastodon posts on Flipboard, but I can't see my Flipboard Account in the followers list of Mastodon or my Blog?
Does flipboard send a real "Follow" request or does it simply subscribe to the outbox in a similar way as with RSS?
I would love to debug it a bit, so that it plays nicely with the WordPress plugin, but I can't see any requests to the inbox at all.
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