Flipboard is ditching X, shifting to Mastodon instead - The Verge

The platform cited a spike in hate speech and misinformation on X and plans to devote its time to Mastodon.

seaQueue 77 points 3 years ago

As irrelevant as flipboard is I'm glad to see tech adopting mastodon. Twatter and Reddit demonstrated the risk inherent in any single entity owning a public platform.

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Coasting0942 -1 points 3 years ago

Extwitter

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Ghostalmedia 54 points 3 years ago

And if you use LinkedIn, Blueksy, Instagram or Threads, you’ll find us there as well.

Good news everyone, you can chat with Flipboard on Linked In as well. /s

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thisisawayoflife 17 points 3 years ago

Hey all! We're on some other useless for-profit, corporate social media too!

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Damage 22 points 3 years ago

Flipboard still exists?

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crawley 11 points 3 years ago

I used Flipboard way back when tablets were a new thing and it was clearly designed as a tablet experience. I didn't click with it and I still don't fully understand what it is but I'm surprised they're still around.

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ruffsl 21 points 3 years ago

Similarly reported (in more detail) by TechCrunch:

https://techcrunch.com/...

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pineapplelover 18 points 3 years ago

Another win for the fediverse

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favrion 17 points 3 years ago

You mean the app that came installed by default on my phone that I deactivated immediately?

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moitoi 16 points 3 years ago

Once you're used to, Mastodon is one of the best social media. People should remember, they are the algorithm.

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autotldr 6 points 3 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The reasons for Flipboard’s departure from X appear to be two-fold: X’s more lax moderation policies under Elon Musk’s leadership, which has led to a sharp spike in hate speech and misinformation; and Flipboard’s goal of working with federated social media services.

Over the past several months, Flipboard has joined a growing list of companies, including Mozilla, Tumblr, and Medium, that are using the ActivityPub protocol to integrate with federated platforms.

“As widely reported, Twitter/X’s rollback of moderation policies has led to a rise in harmful rhetoric and hate speech and its platform decisions have advanced false narratives and disinformation.

These changes run contrary to our values and so we’ve decided to invest in other, healthier environments,” Flipboard wrote in a message posted to Medium.

Instead, X has urged companies to join its paid API tier — for which an Enterprise plan was reported by Platformer to cost as much as $42,000 a month.

The first episode, published today, features Techdirt founder Mike Masnick.

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odium 6 points 3 years ago

flipboard.social

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mojo 5 points 3 years ago

They'd be smart to. It's a safe platform for longevity

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