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   Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 14:32:59 JST Mike McCue

   • Evan Prodromou
   • glyn

   @underlap @evan @theverge You are exactly right. Our bet has to be that we can build an amazing user experience that delights people who are using the Fediverse. If we can do that, good things will happen. If we can't, at least we'll have done our part to advance the Fediverse.

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     Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 14:51:30 JST Mike McCue

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     • Evan Prodromou
     • glyn

     @underlap @evan @theverge Our backend was originally built in the era of open social APIs. Flipboard 1.0 let you discover all your social media in one place via those APIs letting you see posts from Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Unfortunately all those APIs were gradually turned off or rendered impractical. We then built our own social layer focused on curation. But today we began to tear down the walls around our own walled garden to become a first class citizen of the fediverse.

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     glyn (underlap@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 14:51:31 JST glyn

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @mike @evan @theverge I really hope you can build that amazing UX and well done for taking the bet!

     You made another fascinating statement:

     > Basically, we’re in the process of replacing our whole social back-end with ActivityPub

     Makes me wonder if your social back-end is potentially general enough to be modularised and reused by others.

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     Alessio :linux: (dottorblaster@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 17:16:27 JST Alessio :linux:

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     • Evan Prodromou
     • glyn

     @mike @underlap @evan @theverge wow, I sincerely admire this. Props

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     Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 17:16:27 JST Mike McCue

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     • Alessio :linux:
     • Evan Prodromou
     • glyn

     @dottorblaster @underlap @evan @theverge Thank you!