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Flipboard is ditching X
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/21/23971398/flipboard-x-twitter-mastodon-quitting
The platform cited a spike in hate speech and misinformation on X and plans to devote its time to Mastodon.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/21/23971398/flipboard-x-twitter-mastodon-quitting
The platform cited a spike in hate speech and misinformation on X and plans to devote its time to Mastodon.
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.
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
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.
Similarly reported (in more detail) by TechCrunch:
Once you're used to, Mastodon is one of the best social media. People should remember, they are the algorithm.
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.
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