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Flipboard is pivoting to ActivityPub and the fediverse (www.theverge.com)

submitted 11 months ago by fer0n@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[-] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 20 points 11 months ago

Best case scenario it becomes a Linux Kernel situation where the big players invest heavily into the project, and it becomes corporate-y and boring because it's become the standard and not the weirdo in the corner

[-] kpw@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

Boring tech is awesome.

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