Another walled garden is opening up to the new social web.

The company announced on Monday that it is beginning to switch its user accounts to ActivityPub, which means that everyone curating stuff on Flipboard is now doing so in a way that apps like Mastodon can see and interact with.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Or maybe, activity pub is doing way better than anyone thought and they want to get in on the action. You sound like a positive person, what positive thing would Meta do for the fediverse other than bring lots of people to it?

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Best case scenario it becomes a Linux Kernel situation where the big players invest heavily into the project, and it becomes corporate-y and boring because it’s become the standard and not the weirdo in the corner