Today, we’re announcing that Flipboard is beginning to federate our publisher partner accounts in Brazil and expanding federation in Canada, Germany and the U.K.
Now, people in the fediverse can follow 150 newly federated publisher accounts and 2,000 topically curated Magazines about everything from politics and world news to sports and travel.
Read more in our announcement here:
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-expands-federation-in-brazil-canada-germany-and-u-k/
For a full list of federated accounts to follow, visit the Flipboard directory:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU
Follow our Mastodon accounts in Brazil and Germany to discover Flipboard accounts to follow and keep up with the day's news:
And as always, tell us in the comments what you think!
@Flipboard @FlipboardBR @FlipboardDE Your integration with the Fediverse has been a boon to us all!
@Tim_Eagon Thanks so much Tim! It's been a great place to explore!
@Tim_Eagon @Flipboard @FlipboardBR @FlipboardDE Yes we are ALL SO GRATEFUL! You really could do a big PR push on your efforts here, it's an interesting business story.
@Flipboard @FlipboardBR @FlipboardDE And Ireland as well?
@ccferrie We haven't federated any Irish publishers yet — keeping things very slow and steady — but tell us who you would like to see in the fediverse, and we'll see what we can do! Go raibh maith agat!
@ccferrie Oops, and we just realised why you might have asked that — since we put Ireland instead of Canada as one of the tags. Total accident (though one that very much reflects our heritage!!).
@mariellequinton Thanks for flagging — we just added the tag. For some reason we had added Ireland as a tag rather than Canada (which is strangely appropriate, given where we are and where we came from!).
@martin We're keeping it slow and steady as we roll things out so as to test things with the community here and tweak our plans as folks react. But the ultimate goal is to federate the entire platform!
@martin Us too! (re being impatient!). We'll take your API suggestion to the engineers!
@Flipboard @FlipboardBR @FlipboardDE But do they see what we say?
@gimulnautti Hi Toni! We've asked our colleagues and in a situation where you are a non-Flipboard user commenting on a federated Flipboard publisher's post via a fediverse platform like Mastodon, they will be able to see and comment on your posts if they are logged in on the Flipboard app.
That said, a lot of our publishers are doing their curation via Flipboard on the web, where they won't receive notifications about comments. In addition, many of them do the bulk of their curation (though not all) by RSS. So the real-world answer is it's technically possible! Hope that answers your question!
@Flipboard Good to hear that! You seem to be one of the few private companies in the #fediverse space doing federation ”right”.
TBH I couldn’t care less about these account duplication schemes.
Good work!
@gimulnautti We're trying our best — collaborating with lots of clever people and listening to all the smart folks from the fediverse before and after we do things!
@Flipboard @FlipboardBR @FlipboardDE oooh, The Conversation UK! Fantastic, thank you!
@chriswood You're welcome! We have the U.S. and Canadian versions too and the U.S. site also has an active presence here: @TheConversationUS
@Flipboard As a Canadian who'd like to follow Canadian sources, it's great to see you expanding the Canadian presence in the #fediverse, however the single big spreadsheet is now large enough that it's awkward to browse for new entries. Is there any place I could look for the equivalent info group by country / topic?
@DaleHagglund We have a Canada tab in the spreadsheet but is that something you'd like broken down by topic? Agreed, the spreadsheet is getting really unwieldy now!
@Flipboard Whoops, I completely missed that. Time to remember to, you know, read things.
@DaleHagglund It's easy to miss! Let us know if there are any Canadian publications you think should be on the list!
Muito legal agora poder acompanhar a BBC Brasil (@BBCBrasil), DW Brasil (@dwbrasilflip), National Geographic Brasil (@NatGeoBrasil), UOL, (@UOL) e CanalTech (@canaltech) no Fediverso!
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-expands-federation-in-brazil-canada-germany-and-u-k/