Magazine application Flipboard is now integrating Mastodon within its Android application in a move to broaden its focus on the unification of the social network. Flipboard’s CEO Mike McCue will also demonstrate the application’s new Mastodon support during a demonstration in the morning of FediForum the online conference that focuses on discussions about the issues facing the Fediverse, the network of interconnected servers that power an array of open-source, decentralized apps which includes the recently famous Twitter alternatives to Mastodon.
The month before, Flipboard first announced that it would be joining Fediverse and plans to join forces with Mastodon and create its individual Mastodon version, Flipboard. social and later, include integration with ActivityPub -the protocol that powers Fediverse applications like Mastodon that have benefited from the turmoil that surrounded Twitter following the acquisition of Elon Musk. In the wake of its announcement that it was joining the Fediverse, Flipboard’s Mastodon community has now about 500 active members who have created accounts to take part in the social network’s decentralized model.
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Additionally, Flipboard is rolling out support for Mastodon in its own application that allows users to access an update feed from those who follow them, respond to, like, and boost posts, and click on hashtags for follow-up conversations as well as other activities. The integration is intended to fill the gap in the Flipboard server, if and when Twitter API access ceases to function. This is a major issue in the current Musk-led Twitter management, since the company recently took away API access to a range of applications without warning, and recently Change the price that makes it unavailable to numerous developers.
On iPhone, Android users can get the latest feature by going to the accounts section, and then log in using the Mastodon username and password for the account they’re using. If they don’t yet have an existing Mastodon account and wants access, they can ask to join Flipboard’s servers via this link.
