Today was a huge milestone in our quest to federate #Flipboard and tear down the walls around our own walled garden.

First, we launched a new version of Flipboard for iOS and Android which brings the promise of two way federation to life. Now when a federated Flipboard user curates, people in the fediverse can reply, favorite, boost or follow those Flipboard users who will in turn see that activity in their usual notifications tab. Even better, Flipboard users can directly reply to people in the fediverse -- and very soon they will also be able to follow each other.

Second, we federated some of our best curators today who are actively curating more than 10,000 magazines about everything from climate change to kale smoothie recipes. I'm grateful to our many curators and the service they provide to so many others who want to find the best content about a shared interest. I know our curators are excited to have millions more people who could potentially benefit from their curation. I also know that people in the fediverse will give a warm welcome to these curators. Especially now that everyone can hear and talk to each other over what was once two totally separate networks but now increasingly are in one and the same #fediverse.

@mike I experimented with flipboard a decade ago, saw the promise but really never got into it. It is really great to see you now leading the way and federating on every level. This is the way, love it!

@onnob I love hearing that.

What do you think we could have done differently to have gotten you more into it? I love hearing this kind of feedback... especially now.

@mike I think federation is the long term winning route. With all the AI crap being pumped out nowadays, human curation will become more valuable than ever. And that curation can take place in a walled garden like Pinterest, or in an open federated network. If Flipboard is an open and high quality destination, you can gain a unique position, somewhere between Pinterest and Pocket.

For myself it wouldn’t make much of a difference, since all my clippings are just for me and saved to notion.

@mike 10 years ago I made some festival magazines in Flipboard by combining sources. I rarely used an ipad after, so it wasn’t really missing features.
@onnob ah. That's good to know.