Mastodon MigrationApr 18, 2023

Some people wish Mastodon had better News, Tech and Culture coverage.

Well, now @Flipboard has these convenient curated accounts for you to follow:

Flipboard News Desk @NewsDesk
https://flipboard.social/@NewsDesk

Flipboard Tech Desk @TechDesk
https://flipboard.social/@TechDesk

Flipboard Culture Desk @CultureDesk
https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk

Follow these accounts for a steady stream of pertinent posts!
(They promise not to overwhelm your feed)

Thanks @tchambers for spotting this great resource!

#twittermigration

Show threadnotthatkarenApr 18, 2023
@mastodonmigration @tchambers hmmm....I clicked on the link above- then copied the link provided at that page and pasted into Elk (mastodon web interface I am using)- and it didn't find anything. I also tried same thing with two Mastodon apps (Ice Cubes and Ivory) with the same result. What am I doing wrong?
Show threadMastodon MigrationApr 18, 2023

@notthatkaren @tchambers Try: @[email protected], but delete the "_" and search for it.

This may be because it is not cached yet on your local instance. And, you are right this is frustrating!

Show threadnotthatkaren
@mastodonmigration @tchambers Thanks for the help- but this does not seem to work either for me? It still doesn't find anything.
Apr 18, 2023 at 6:08pmWeb
Show threadMastodon MigrationApr 18, 2023

@notthatkaren @tchambers

Hmmmm.... maybe @tchambers has the answer?

Show threadBlake LeonardApr 18, 2023
@notthatkaren @mastodonmigration @tchambers mstdn.social has blocked the Flipboard domain.
Show threadDavid Allen KellyApr 18, 2023
@blake @tchambers @mastodonmigration @notthatkaren Yep. This is the cause apparently. I'm on mstdn.social also. This is ..... concerning?
Show threadnotthatkarenApr 18, 2023
@blake @tchambers @mastodonmigration Oh.....well that definitely explains why I couldn't get it to work no matter what I tried. I wonder why it's blocked? It might be nice if Mastodon had some notification that you were trying to access a domain/server that your server had blocked rather than just having the search not find anything- to save the frustration (wrongly directed at Mastodon or the Fediverse) about things not working and wasting time trying to find solutions.