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Hello fediverse!

This morning we shipped an exciting new version of that enables *anyone* on Flipboard to follow *anyone* in the fediverse.

This is the culmination of a ton of work to deeply integrate 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:

about.flipboard.com/fediverse/

@mike@flipboard.social @gabboman@app.wafrn.net wait what does flipboard do again . wondering if we should block it or not

@sneexy @mike nah they are using threads fediverse icon instead the classical one.

not gona deny its an icon that aesthetically works better with current apps and stuff like that (circles better than straight lines. being straight is bad joke here).

Nothing important worth blocking I think. They just enabled federation for everyone

#alsoIThinkYouJustMentionedTheCeoLol

@mike@flipboard.social @gabboman@app.wafrn.net we mention the ceo for everything on Thy Freddy Verses !!! ​:mlm_fedi: Nobody is spared.
also i just don't remember what flipboard did but i guess we'll keep it federating. it seems like they provide news sources directly. will probably suspend the fox account though

@sneexy @gabboman Happy to be mentioned! I can answer any Qs you have and I promise I won't take any offense to blocking since the fediverse is all about choice.

@gabboman@app.wafrn.net @mike@flipboard.social well while you are here i wanna ask the question as the original post that started this thread, why the meta fedi icon instead of the original? was there a reason for using that one instead? i think it'd be better to use the original icon to prevent any future confusion or anything like "the thing facebook made"

@sneexy @gabboman fair question. I don’t think the fediverse icon works particularly well when scaled down and when placed next to or on top of avatars. Also the vast majority of people have never even seen that icon. Meanwhile the threads fediverse icon is simple and clean, doesn’t rely on color, and works well scaled down. Most of all, whether we like it or not, millions of people are being exposed to this icon everyday on Threads as a symbol of the fediverse so I think it’s a pragmatic choice.

@mike @sneexy @gabboman at this point it would be better to just fetch the instance's favicon (like *key and akkoma does)

unless it's just for promo material then ignore the fetch suggestion, but nonetheless it's frankly disrespectful to the network that y'all are compliant in meta's attempts at the EEE of fediverse

@alex @mike @sneexy tbh icons can be nsfw in bad cases, and also "what this?" for people

also if I understood correctly for design reasons its on greyscale so yeah.

tbh I was half joking on the first post and wasn't expecting a reply haha

#alsoWowWafrnWorksWithANewImplementationNoProblem
Mike McCue

@penny @gabboman @sneexy @alex Will explore that. The key is to create an approache that doesn’t confuse people who are new to the fediverse.