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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 130 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Yup, it's much easier for content creators and aggregators to broadcast their stuff over the Fediverse. No API fees and restrictions. Just become a node in the network. Then as they make useful content available on the Fediverse, the Fediverse will grow its userbase, returning something to the content creators.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 71 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Then as they make useful content available on the Fediverse

nodes like startrek.website contributing invaluable original content. doing their part for the federation

[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Props to them for keeping at it. ~~Need to consume more Star Trek stuff, my extent is that Badgey from Lower Decks is cute~~

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just remember, if anyone asks you "Kirk or Picard", the correct answer is Janeway.

[–] LongbottomLeaf@lemmy.nz 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

You're a brave one.

Last person who picked Archer went the way of Tuvix.

[–] chris@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

7 of 9. She’s on the Fediverse…

[–] cerevant@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

This is what is going to drive federated social media. Once marketing types can figure out that they won’t need to maintain 12 different social media presences and can host it on their own domain, they’ll gladly subsidize general purpose instances to make it easier for people to access their content.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think the thing that people are going to struggle with is that the lack of an algorithm spoon feeding them content. This is, of course, a good thing. However the addicts won't get their fix.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

TBH, I have this problem too. I want an algorithm to sift through the firehose. I want to be able to control it though. I'd like to potentially have multiple options. The sorting algorithms in Lemmy are an example for this.

[–] derin@lemmy.beru.co 105 points 2 years ago (2 children)

One thing to add, it looks like Flipboard is all in on the Fediverse: they've announced plans to support ActivityPub in Flipboard itself, turning it into a federated service.

I think that's really cool!

[–] totallynotfbi@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago

Flipboard also supports RSS, allowing you to see your feeds with any software you want!

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

On Kbin, communities are known as magazines. In the context of Flipboard, this actually kind of makes sense.

[–] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social 78 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Jesus I have to agree to cookies to be agreed shared with 164 "partners" to read the website

[–] WhyYesZoidberg@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

enshitification is widespread

[–] olicvb@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

I think the Consent-O-Matic extension saved me for this one

[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But they value your privacy!

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Of course they value it! They can make a tidy sum through its sale.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Hands off my cookies!!!

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not on Lemmy ¯_ (ツ)_/¯

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] A_Porcupine@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago

Flipboard still exists?

[–] hexloc@feddit.nl 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Am i going crazy or is this exactly what the fediverse needs to get popular... Businesses and people switching to the fedi making everyone else switch.

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Momentum starts with exodus type behavior. This is good.

[–] 2000mph@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Great, Mastodon is really starting to be able to replace much more of Twitter now. The only thing i miss from Twitter was the local accounts I followed for info, will be a while before they all abandon and move over, but hopefully in the end.

[–] RTRedreovic@feddit.ch 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can use third party frontends like Nitter on Web or Fritter/Squawker on Android (available on F-Droid) to still follow accounts for info without the requirement of having an account anywhere. With the condition that viewing is the only thing you can do.

I left Twitter over an year ago and I use the frontends I mentioned to follow about 20 accounts for info on varied topics.

[–] nepenthes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Thank you. I left Twitter when the petulent child took over, but I lament not being able to read local emergency info. I'll check these out.

[–] TangledHyphae@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It also seems much higher in overall quality, at least from my limited exposure. I'm still trying to navigate and find people to subscribe to.

[–] ademir@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you just want to follow and dont care to interact look https://bird.makeup

[–] tun@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago

Official blog post is https://flipboard.medium.com/flipboard-steps-back-from-tweeting-b0f4af1f4ffc

The mastodon links are near the end of the post.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Never really used flipboard. They always want me to sign in. Site seems bloated with third party scripts and cookies.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

https://flipboard.social/explore

Even Medium has a mastodon instance and account! @medium@me.md.

It's a pity that lemmy still can't communicate with mastodon.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It’s a pity that lemmy still can’t communicate with mastodon.

It can, what do you mean? I've seen people commenting on communities from Mastodon for months

[–] MySwellMojo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Can we comment to mastodon?

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Yes, but only if the Mastodon post you want to comment on tags a Lemmy community. Lemmy doesn't have a concept of a post without a community.

[–] Omniraptor@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I imagine mastodon has a lot more developers so they added compatibility first

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

We constantly do. If you have a mastodon.social account and open this link, you would see all the posts of the community: https://mastodon.social/@technology@lemmy.world

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How can I tag @medium@me.md ?

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

me.md isn't even a used domain You probably meant me.dm

@medium@me.dm

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Indeed. Tagging doesn't work, regardless.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

It kind of does. If you have a Mastodon.social account, this link would open all the posts in this community in Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@technology@lemmy.world

From Mastodon, you would need to indeed tag it so that it would appear here.

[–] falsem@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Kbin does the microblogging thing

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

When I had it, flipboard was designed to be pretty and I did like that aspect of it. But I haven't used it in at least 5 or more years and I don't remember having to sign into it. That being said, I thought it was gone (like a service that had been ended).

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

Nobody with a shred of humanity wants to be alongside actual Nazis and generally horrible people. Who’da thunk it.