Helloooo SFBA Fediverse!
I want SFBA.social to grow!  I’ve been personally investigating ways for our instance to advertise to local users with the power of peer and on-foot advertising. I believe one of the best parts of our instance is that it is *local*. We are not aiming to be a mega instance, but offer the platform as a space for Bay Area residents to connect to the fediverse, and I want more of our neighbors to know about it.

I have several questions for you, and I would love to hear any and all ideas you have for sharing SFBA.social (or any other regional instances) with our neighbors!

#MastoAdmin #SpreadMastodon #GrowMastodon #SFBA #BayArea #SanFrancisco

📣 It's been a while since we've federated a batch of publishers — so to make up for it, here are 250, and they're big ones.

Today, we're bringing names like @abc, @RollingStone, @forbes, @BleacherReport, @NationalGeographic and @newyorktimes to the fediverse. They join the 174 profiles we've already federated, which include everyone from @19thnews to @Vox

Here's a blogpost with more details on this latest batch of publications that cover news, business, cooking, home design, politics, sports, science and more. Follow their Magazine feeds if you're only interested in one topic, or their whole profiles if you want the lot. The spreadsheet below lists out all federated accounts.

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-federates-250-publishers/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU

#Flipboard #Federation #SpreadMastodon #ActivityPub #Media #Publishers #Journalism #News #Politics #Sports #Entertainment #Food #Lifestyle #Science

The Social Web Foundation launched today. This non-profit is dedicated to making connections between social platforms with ActivityPub, and was co-founded by @evan @mallory and @tomcoates.

The foundation's focus is educating the public and policy makers about the social web, enhancing and extending the ActivityPub protocol, and building tools and plumbing to make the social web easier to use. “With this program, The Social Web Foundation can catalyze more growth on the Fediverse while improving user experience and safety,” says Prodromou. “Our goal is to unblock users, developers and communities so they can get the most out of their social web experience.”

We are proud to support the work of the foundation. Read more about the it here:

https://socialwebfoundation.org/

#ActivityPub #Federation #Fediverse #OpenSocialWeb #SocialWebFoundation #SpreadMastodon

Local news matters, now more than ever. So a few weeks ago, we asked you for your thoughts on federating local papers in the USA — where you're located, and the specific publications you'd like to see. You responded, with ideas, suggestions, and an education on American geography. Now, we've federated 64 publications. Here's a blogpost with more details, plus a spreadsheet with a list of all the federated profiles, which include everyone from @AlaskaBeacon to @SunSentinel. If you spy a profile you like, search for it in the fediverse and you should see all its Magazines (topical feeds). Follow the profile to see everything in your feed, or just Magazines if you're only interested in, for example, South Florida Sports (@south-florida-sports-SunSentinel) or Texas Barbecue (@texas-bbq-TexasMonthly). If we've missed something or you have a suggestion for us, just let us know in the comments. Follow our @FlipboardMagazines account for regular updates on federated Magazines.

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-brings-local-news-to-the-fediverse/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit?gid=443639448#gid=443639448

#Flipboard #FlipboardFederation #LocalNews #Fediverse #USNews #SpreadMastodon

@ghost has taken a big step towards its "moatless technology" aspiration with the news that it has federated its first newsletter (follow it here: @index). Here's @Sarahp's @TechCrunch story about that, plus a link to founder/CEO @johnonolan's conversation with @mike for Dot Social (available wherever you get your podcasts).

https://flip.it/L6MsK3

https://flipboard.video/w/sQCNmXx332xi3Y3dVVjd37

#Federation #ActivityPub #DotSocial #Ghost #Newsletters #SpreadMastodon #Mastodon #Podcast #Tech #Technology

Flipboard loves local news — journalists who live in the communities they serve hold truth to power; knowing what's going in your neighborhood, town, city, state or province helps you feel connected and informed. That's why our next federation wave is going to be for local. We have hundreds of local websites on Flipboard, and eventually, we'll federate them all, but since our approach to federation is slow and steady, we'd like to start with what the community here wants. So tell us: Which of these U.S. regions would you like to see in the fediverse? Tell us in the comments which city or town you're in, and your favorite paper. And don't worry Canada, we're coming for you next.

#Flipboard #Federation #MastodonMigration #SpreadMastodon #Fediverse #LocalNews #Media #LocalPapers #USNews

ICYMI: Last week saw a new episode of Dot Social, the fediverse podcast hosted by Flipboard CEO
@mike, in which he interviewed @ghost's @johnonolan. Here's a taste of their conversation; you can listen to the whole episode here or wherever you get your podcasts:

https://flipboard.video/w/sQCNmXx332xi3Y3dVVjd37.

“We’re at a very grassroots stage of a mix of hackers and enthusiasts collaborating to make the thing they want, not the thing that has the most funding, and I love that. That speaks to my heart.”

#Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb #Publishing #Podcast #DotSocial #Federation #ActivityPub #Flipboard #SocialMedia #SpreadMastodon #Ghost

Have you listened to @mike's interview with @ghost CEO @johnonolan yet? It's all about how he and his team are building a new kind of publishing platform — one with integrity.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts, and tell us in the comments what you think:

https://flipboard.video/w/sQCNmXx332xi3Y3dVVjd37

#Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb #DotSocial #Federation #ActivityPub #Flipboard #SocialMedia #SpreadMastodon #Ghost

@ghost founder and CEO @johnonolan wants to build a tech company that thinks differently. Learn how ActivityPub is enabling a new kind of publishing platform, with integrity at its core. It’s a new episode of the Dot Social podcast highlighting leaders in the fediverse, hosted by @mike

https://flipboard.video/w/sQCNmXx332xi3Y3dVVjd37

Catch up on past episodes of the podcast in Mike’s Storyboard collection:

https://flipboard.com/@mike/dot-social-the-future-of-the-social-web-3r0pl8ge5dju9965

To learn more about what Flipboard's doing in the fediverse, sign up here:

http://about.flipboard.com/a-new-wave

#Fediverse #Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb #DotSocial #Federation #ActivityPub #Flipboard #SocialMedia #SpreadMastodon #Ghost