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   Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 06:18:59 JST Warner Crocker

   Flipboard just brought over 1,000 of its social magazines to Mastodon and the fediverse https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/13/flipboard-just-brought-over-1000-of-its-social-magazines-to-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 06:24:32 JST Warner Crocker

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     • Chris

     @chessert The unwanted and often unruly ads are there, though you can tune the worst out. I still use it quite a bit.

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     Chris (chessert@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 06:24:33 JST Chris

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     I used to be a big Flipboard fan and user, but then there was an app change that brought ads and content I didn't want. Eventually dropped it all together.

     I should probably take another look now.

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 06:51:24 JST Warner Crocker

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     • David Todd McCarty

     @davidtoddmccarty I find it helpful for discovery. I follow some (including yours).

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     David Todd McCarty (davidtoddmccarty@me.dm)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 06:51:25 JST David Todd McCarty

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     @WarnerCrocker I can’t figure out how this is helpful. https://flipboard.com/@hoppingfrog/david-todd-mccarty-7gnscp3uz?from=share&utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=curator_share

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 06:56:44 JST Warner Crocker

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     • David Todd McCarty

     @davidtoddmccarty Still unknown by me at this point. I’ll be checking it out though.

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     David Todd McCarty (davidtoddmccarty@me.dm)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 06:56:45 JST David Todd McCarty

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     @WarnerCrocker I’m on Flipboard but I don’t see how it’s linked to Mastodon. What’s the advantage to posting a link from there which is just a link to Medium?

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     Warner Crocker (warnercrocker@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 07:10:55 JST Warner Crocker

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     • David Todd McCarty

     @davidtoddmccarty I may be wrong, but I think the goal is you put it out once and then it federates where you want it to federate to. The choice of who you distribute to, and who distributes to you is still yours in the end.

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     David Todd McCarty (davidtoddmccarty@me.dm)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 07:10:56 JST David Todd McCarty

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     @WarnerCrocker I don’t get the whole federation thing, tbh. I don’t want someone’s instagram (Pixelfed) on my feed. That’s a different area of my life. Why does everyone keep trying to make the super platform? I don’t care who owns it, or doesn’t.

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     Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 13:35:57 JST Mike McCue

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     • Chris

     @chessert @WarnerCrocker let me know what you think and if you have suggestions.

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     Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 13:38:37 JST Mike McCue

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     @WarnerCrocker @chessert If you're referring to ads on the websites you find on Flipboard try out reader mode. You can also mute websites that have too many ads. That also sends a signal to us to review whether or not we should really be recommending content from that site. Unfortunately many web sites are now drowning in ads and popups.