We've received a few questions lately from the community inquiring about what Flipboard is, so we wanted to share a bit about our mission to inform and inspire the world.
You might also be familiar with our moves to federate our platform.
We are also an award-winning app/website where publishers, creators, and community members curate content about topics ranging from politics to philosophy. If you want to check it out, download it here, follow topics that interest you, and let us know what you think. We'd love to hear from you.
@tennoseremel This is what happens when we say things internally all the time and then assume everyone knows what we're talking about!
Basically, we have these things we call Magazines, which are like containers into which stories can be added. Publishers usually add content via RSS feed, so following one of their Magazines on Flipboard is like following an RSS feed.
Individual users will manually curate (add content to) Magazines. This can be stories they find around the web or on Flipboard itself. Following their Magazines is like following a topical feed of content from multiple sources.
In addition, lots of people just choose to use Flipboard as a content aggregator — based on the topics/publishers etc they choose when they first start using the app, they'll get a "For You" feed aligned with their interests. After that they can just read the stories they're interested in — or they can take the next step and start curating!
Hope that's explained things further and not made things more confusing!
Thats full marketing speak , ugly. E.g. try not to be such a boaster by mentioning merits, prices or awards. Your job is to describe what Flipboard is supposed to be, not how great it is.
"Many of you know" ... nope, when describing you can't really assume previous knowledge. A description must always be "from known to unknown, from easy to complex". And "known" must often be assumed to 0%, except in an ongoing conversation.
So introduce the concepts, nomenclature or product functions first.
And not in this bloodless boastery marketing speak. Address your receivers as humans, talk real.
@holgerschurig Sorry you feel that way! As we mentioned, we've had a number of questions lately of the "What the heck is Flipboard?" variety. These are largely from people in the fediverse who only know us for the curation work we do via our desks — hence the, "many of you in the fediverse know." We wanted to offer a quick explainer about what we've been known for for the past decade. Apologies if you feel it missed the mark.
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