As Flipboards Magazines do not easily map onto the structure that other fediverse platforms use. The closest analogue might be PeerTube’s Channels, which also don’t federate.
Has Laurens never heard of kbin?
But also peertube channels totally federate
I’ve tried multiple channels, and I never managed from other software, even though I could find the underlying individual videos that are part of the channels. Can you link an example?
Hello from my Kbin account!
I agree that this part of the article is not well developed, and I should have probably rewritten it. What I was trying to get at is that Flipboard has a hierarchy that is unique: The Actor owns a Group, with the Actor being the highest level, and the Magazine below it.
While you could probably map a Flipboard Magazine onto a ActivityPub Group similarly like a Kbin Magazine is a Group, the intended usecase is still quite different, even though they are both link-aggregators. I dont think this is an insurmountable problem per se, but I dont agree that Kbins Magazines are super similar to Flipboards Magazines. If you wanted an fediverse comparison, I think Flipboards Magazines are actually way closer to the Postmarks.
Fair enough, thanks for the response. I highly appreciate your work!
Yeah, it’s bizarre since kbin even also calls them magazines, so any half-hearted search will find the concept.
You forgot Rule 1 of the fediverse: Kbin does not exist.
It’s the mastodon brain
But I mean, Laurens Hof… And additionally, Mastodonians are not unfrequently exposed to Guppe groups, which work on the same mechanic.
How do I follow The flipboard content? I’m curious
@[Flipboard Handle]@flipboard.com
For example:
The Verge: @theverge@flipboard.com Mental Floss: @mental_floss@flipboard.com
There are only 27 accounts federated at this time so not everything is available via Fediverse.
