I think that fully integrating #ActivityPub into Flipboard's backend is going to be one of the best things we've done since we started the company.
There are three phases:
Phase 1 (Today): Federate 25 accounts to test and learn
Phase 2 (January): Enable anyone in the Fediverse to engage with any public curator on Flipboard
Phase 3 (April): Enable anyone on Flipboard to follow and engage with any public account in the #Fediverse
Check out my Medium post for more
https://medium.com/@mmccue/flipboard-begins-to-federate-4a80d6bdc209
@mike thank you so much, this will be a truly revolution
@astrojuanlu it’s gonna be weird having 2 fediverse verge accounts, is the flipboard one gonna be the main one now that it’s on the fediverse or are they both gonna coexist
@millions @astrojuanlu Yes, that's part of the test. Publishers and creators will likely have multiple accounts for different use cases (i.e. kind of like how you can follow me on mastodon, flipboard or pixelfed... I use each account to post different content for different reasons)
Exactly how this all settles out is something we're all learning together in real time right now.
@mike I think you should use the full follower count from Flipboard rather than resetting to Zero once these are fully integrated.
@Transportist @mike i'm fairly sure that all followers need to be "actual" fedi accounts, so the count will be accurate once they federate all the accounts.
@millions @astrojuanlu I would suspect the official mastodon account will remain the primary account as they've revealed on the podcast that they're moving their content management system over to wordpress for fediverse support. The Verge is one of the few companies that seem to be all-in on the fediverse.
@astrojuanlu @millions a lot of people have multiple accounts across platforms. I use my own pixelfed server and this mastodon account.
@astrojuanlu @mike it's really smooth! No roadbumps so far.
@mike @fediversereport In my opinion it’s setting a high bar for other companies to follow. If I can’t engage with them on my own terms (ie. activitypub) then I probably won’t engage with them at all. So, thank you for doing it.
@mike fabulous! I can’t wait
@mike@flipboard.social The next big thing will be go out of the Fediverse.
@mike really excited to see the rollout!
@bart Thanks Bart!!
@mike what a way to end the year!
@bart not quite over yet
@mike This is exciting, Mike. Well done.
@publictorsten @Digiday umm.... great question. I'll look into this and get back to you soon.
@mike I've no idea what Flipboard is (beside an app that I'm not sure can be removed from my phone) but welcome ! :)