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Flipboard is pivoting to ActivityPub and the fediverse (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The company announced on Monday that it is beginning to switch its user accounts to ActivityPub, which means that everyone curating stuff on Flipboard is now doing so in a way that apps like Mastodon can see and interact with.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Two main reasons I can think of for each camp. For smaller projects and groups, removing walled gardens means they stand a chance to actually get users. For larger groups, it means they can argue they aren't monopolistic.