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Flipping the Federation Switch: Flipboard joins the fediverse | The Fediverse Report
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Has Laurens never heard of kbin?
But also peertube channels totally federate
I've tried multiple channels, and I never managed from other software, even though I could find the underlying individual videos that are part of the channels. Can you link an example?
Hello from my Kbin account!
I agree that this part of the article is not well developed, and I should have probably rewritten it. What I was trying to get at is that Flipboard has a hierarchy that is unique: The Actor owns a Group, with the Actor being the highest level, and the Magazine below it.
While you could probably map a Flipboard Magazine onto a ActivityPub Group similarly like a Kbin Magazine is a Group, the intended usecase is still quite different, even though they are both link-aggregators. I dont think this is an insurmountable problem per se, but I dont agree that Kbins Magazines are super similar to Flipboards Magazines. If you wanted an fediverse comparison, I think Flipboards Magazines are actually way closer to the Postmarks.
Fair enough, thanks for the response. I highly appreciate your work!
Yeah, it's bizarre since kbin even also calls them magazines, so any half-hearted search will find the concept.
It's the mastodon brain
But I mean, Laurens Hof... And additionally, Mastodonians are not unfrequently exposed to Guppe groups, which work on the same mechanic.
You forgot Rule 1 of the fediverse: Kbin does not exist.