For over a decade, @Flipboard's in-house editorial team has been curating the world’s best journalism around the clock. But to access this curation, you had to use the Flipboard app or visit flipboard.com.
Now we’ve decided to federate our Flipboard editorial profiles and their related Magazines in order to make our collections available to everyone on Mastodon and other Fediverse networks.
Here's what we're up to. Would love your feedback!
In December, we started to federate the accounts of some Flipboard publishers and in February, we introduced Magazines to the fediverse. Now, we’re taking two important steps: federating the accounts of 400 creators and expert curators; and enabling two-way communication so that new followers and fediverse activity are visible and actionable in the Flipboard app.
To learn more about this, take a look at our blogpost:
Thanks so much to everyone who has given feedback on what we’ve done so far. We welcome your thoughts and comments as we continue on our journey to fully federate Flipboard.
It's a beautiful, highly curated walled garden filled with content from the worlds best publishers and creators curated by Flipboard's editorial team as well as our community of magazine makers.
But it's still a walled garden. Today that begins to change.
We've moved four of our most popular #curation desks into the Fediverse for you to enjoy.
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.
What does it mean to federate your Flipboard profile? In the simplest terms, it means that whatever you curate (aka share) on Flipboard will be "syndicated" out to the fediverse with no extra effort. @miaq tests it out and breaks it down.
Host/creator @miaq speaks with curators from @Mastodon Substack & Blinkist, and two museum guards who participated in the Baltimore Museum of Art’s “Guarding the Art”.
Plus: The New Yorker’s Kyle Chayka (@chaykak) discusses his forthcoming book, “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flatten Culture,” & Hrishikesh Hirway goes behind the scenes on his “Exploder” podcasts. First up: @flakphoto on today's episode of the #podcast.
Ever been moved to tears just thinking about the beauty and impact of #art?
It happened during this episode of @Flipboard's The Art of Curation podcast — an interview with two security guards from the Baltimore Museum of Art who participated in curating the "Guarding the Art" show in 2022.
It was refreshing to hear from people with a great appreciation for art, but who are often overlooked when it comes to sharing their opinions about it.
New #openaccess article out today describes how the Digital Index of North American Archaeology's (DINAA) strategies can help everybody connect heritage data better. Check out the whole open theme issue from @aap_saaorg
Neller, A., J. Heckman, E. Bollwerk, K. Myers, and J. Wells. "Making Archaeological Collections More Findable and Accessible through Increased Coordination." Advances in Archaeological Practice, 2024, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2023.31
Museum guards spend hours with the artifacts they watch over, so of course they’re going to have opinions about #art and #curation. Get to know 2 of the guards who participated in the Baltimore Museum of Art's 2022 show, “Guarding the Art.” They’re not just protecting the art; they’re in a relationship with it and how people react to it. Just talking about the profound impact of art moved one guard to tears, and for that alone, I love this interview.
I'm always so curious about the ingredients of a great #playlist. Music curator extraordinaire Kasey Gelsomino, the creator of "Oat Milk Lattes in the Mountains" on #spotify and Kasey's Playlist on #tiktok, shared her secrets with me in today's podcast conversation for @Flipboard:
• How Israel uses AI for assassination in the Gaza War
• A father reflects on his son’s development
• The rise of the term, “gaslighting”
• Toni Morrison’s expansive rejection letters
• The history of PostSecret
Learn why our editors have recommended these pieces and find out which story our audience loved most.
Scientific #data is becoming increasingly complex, making data #curation increasingly difficult.
In this #PLOSBiology Perspective, a group of biocurators present some simple guidelines for data #accessibility that will help to increase the reach of published studies.