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Our blog is now federated! šŸŽ‰ Follow this account to make sure you don't miss posts on everything from our fediverse work to how we're covering the U.S. election.

flipboard.social/@blogs@about.ā€¦

#Blog #Blogging #Flipboard #Fediverse #Federation


ā­ļø Spotlight ā­ļø

This week in our Community tab, we've featured these inspiring voices from the fediverse, including experts on everything from British history to the NFL.

@greg_jenner
@Julia
@kateaconger
@noahshachtman
@rkrelentless
@profgalloway

On Flipboard, you can follow interesting topics, trusted content creators, prestige publishers and people from the fediverse.

Download the app here: about.flipboard.com/download-fā€¦

#Flipboard #Fediverse #Federation #ActivityPub #Threads


@Flipboard I'm getting delayed posts on my TL from various flipboard news accounts for days, delays from hours to days. Can that be fixed? Is it a server issue?

In comparison, bot posts for same news media are mostly timely.

#Mastodon #Flipboard


How to Boost Traffic Using Flipboardā€™s Popular Topics


[Share and spread the love] ::

Traffic is imperative!


To keep your readers interested, you have to think outside the box. Keeping up with the trends requires using imagination and all the tools available.
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Flipboard is no different. You must create content that resonates with the platformā€™s engaged audience to stay on top of emerging trends.

By optimizing your magazines, utilizing all of what the app has to offer, and engaging with the platform, you will help drive traffic to your website.

A Good Place to Start


Did you know that Flipboard is an excellent research tool and a place for inspiration? Take advantage of the platformā€™s features to hone in on your target market and uncover new audiences.

As a publisher or content creator, you are endlessly looking for interesting angles for your articles. Finding a Niche on Flipboard is important to keep your readers interested. Your success sometimes depends on the sub-topics you choose.

In this article, I am sharing some of Flipboardā€™s sections for content inspiration.

Content Curation Tips for Engagement


Log in to your account to find trending topics in the ā€œFor Youā€, ā€œ10 for Todayā€, ā€œFlipboard Picksā€ and other popular Flipboard sections. These are some of the places to find ideas for your articles or to boost the visibility of your magazines.

  1. Reflip some of these featured articles in your magazines daily. This will signal the algorithm that your magazine has value.
  2. Find popular content by looking at the number of ā€œAddsā€, the ā€˜Commentsā€ and ā€œLikesā€. That gives you an idea of content popularity. Create more content around articles that drive lots of traffic. Double down on successful topics and continue curating similar material.
  3. Add some of these articles to your most popular magazines. Use a blend of your blog and the community posts. This will help position your content as an authority in your niche.
  4. As you become a resource, your readers will visit your magazine for updates and may come back often.
  5. Flipboard highlights certain articles as ā€œRecommendedā€ or ā€œPopular Now,ā€ which signals trending content.


Finding the Right Topics to Build a Magazine.


Here are a few tips to identify topics on Flipboard that align with audience interests.

  1. The ā€œFor Youā€ Section
    This section is the first thing you see on your Flipboard tiles as you open the app. The ā€œFor Youā€ is a personalized feed based on your interests. Popular topics from people you follow will show up here, Readers read this section first to keep up-to-date. Flip through to find the latest trends tailored to your preferences. I rely on many articles here for my magazine curation.


A screenshot of Flipboardā€™s ā€œCommunityā€ SectionFlipboardā€™s Community Section
2. The Discover Section
Explore Flipboardā€™s ā€œDiscoverā€ section. This is the most important starting point to find topics that are popular in your category. Look at the attached image to get a sense of what topics are currently trending. The numbers under each topic give you a gauge of what readersā€™ reading habits are. Once you make a selection, the algorithm will build a convenient magazine with a mix of popular articles, blogs, and magazines. Add this ā€œSmart Magazineā€ to your home screen for easy access. Take some time to explore this category. Make notes of the articles that are getting a lot of engagement.
A screenshot of Flipboardā€™s Exploreā€ featureFlipboardā€™s Explore Feature
3. Read Group Magazines
Follow users and group magazines that have a high number of followers and engagement. These are great sources of inspiration for your future blog posts and magazines. Adding articles featured in these magazines or groups may help build your visibility. Here are magazines by popular users:

The Culinary Journey by Food, Drink, Life

šŸ«¶ The Culinary Journey: The best trending recipes


Art, architecture & photos | @shannybasar

4. Follow Flipboardā€™s ā€œCommunityā€ Magazine.
Flipboard highlights a collection of magazines that focus on trending topics. This section features articles that are widely read and shared. Content by top influencers and experts is showcased. Explore these collections to gain inspiration and insights from thought leaders.

5. Monitor The Fediverse
Flipboard is working to integrate with the Fediverse. Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, PeerTube, and more are goldmines of information. Especially as more publishers federate. This content might resonate on Flipboard as well. The use of hashtags related to your niche also helps to discover important conversations. I follow hashtags about topics I add to Flipboard, like art, photography, and travel. If your account is federated or not, use it to find topic ideas.

Hereā€™s a magazine where I gather my Fediverse inspiration:

Conversation On The Fediverse EDU

6. Use The ā€œSearchā€ Feature
Use Flipboardā€™s search feature: to find topics. Type in broad terms like ā€œtechnology,ā€ ā€œtravel,ā€ or ā€œAIā€ to see the latest content and related stories.

The search results will highlight the most popular stories. Youā€™ll have an idea of what is currently trending.

7. Curated Sections
Flipboard editors curate magazines, like News, Technology, Travel, Business, and more. These categories highlight trending and viral stories that are getting the most attention.

You can check these sections by navigating to the ā€œExploreā€ tab and selecting a category that interests you. Access this in the 4 squares on the bottom of your screen on mobile and to the right of your profile picture on desktop. Following these hubs can provide consistent insight into whatā€™s gaining traction.

They are trending magazines and stories. Flipboard often features sought-after issues on its home screen. Top influencers and topic experts curate popular content thatā€™s read or shared. Follow ā€œMagsWeLoveā€, ā€œFlipboard Picksā€ and others to get some insights.

Look at the number of followers or articles in these magazines to gauge how well a topic performs best.
A Screenshot of Flipboardā€™s Curated SectionsFlipboardā€™s Featured Magazines
8. Monitor Popular Publishers
Find top publishers or creators on Flipboard that focus on your areas of interest. Publications like TechCrunch, Wired, Forbes, or National Geographic often create content around trending topics. Check their Flipboard presence to track whatā€™s being discussed and shared.

Trending Topic Ideas:


To find content ideas that boost traffic on Flipboard, and align with current popular topics and trends that resonate with your audience. Here are just a few suggestions:

  • AI
  • Sustainability and Eco-Living
  • Health and Wellness
  • Tech Innovations
  • Finance and Investments
  • Remote Work Lifestyle
  • Entertainment
  • Travel


Donā€™t forget to:


  • Flip and engage regularly.
  • Consistency is key: The more you flip, the more exposure you gain on the platform.
  • Flip 5ā€“10 articles a day to stay active and increase the chances of being featured in Flipboardā€™s algorithms.
  • Join groups and collaborate.

Happy Flipping!

Janette Leon Speyer (@JanetteSpeyer)

@janettespeyer@flipboard.com


Iā€™ve decided to make public my collection of articles, essays, reflections, and analyses on the use of photography, its language, and its history.

You can find it on Flipboard, in the magazine ā€œFrame & Insight.ā€
:flipboard: @frame-insight-leobrogioni

Let me know what you think!

#photography #flipboardmagazines #flipboardmagazine #frameandinsight #leobrogioni #flipboard @ArtPhotosDesk @CultureDesk @leobrogioni @leobrogioni@flipboard.com


ICYMI! @mike's Dot Social interview with @jay.bsky.team came out earlier this week. They discussed the early days of Bluesky, innovating on social identity, and the benefits of an open social graph. "That right of free connection and communication is something that I think we've really lost in the world where there's just a few large companies that allow or deny interoperability, depending on how it serves their business interests," Graber said.

Watch the episode here:

flipboard.video/w/ophhJTECuL7fā€¦

You can also listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Check out the full series of Dot Social, which includes conversations with @snarfed.org, @molly0xfff and @cubicgarden, here:

flipboard.video/c/dot_social/vā€¦

#Flipboard #Bluesky #BridgyFed #ATProtocol #ActivityFed #DotSocial #Federation #Fediverse #JayGraber


Make Identity Central Again, with Blueskyā€™s Jay Graber


Thereā€™s a reason journalist and Bluesky board member Mike Masnick calls the platform ā€œthe most interesting experiment going in social media.ā€ Originally launched as a project within Twitter in 2019, Bluesky has since become an independent company intent on making social more like the web.

What does that mean, exactly, and why does it matter? Bluesky founder and CEO Jay Graber says social media is stagnating because ā€œwe're in this trap where users are locked in and developers are locked out.ā€ Itā€™s time to open things up again, she says, like in the innovative early days of the internet.

Highlights of this conversation:

00:48 Blueskyā€™s origin story
02:04 Twitter under Elon
04:17 The case for decentralization
05:58 The case for Bluesky
08:33 Mike McCueā€™s Bluesky a-ha moment
09:55 What Jayā€™s excited about re: developer activity
11:21 The ā€œwacky experimentationā€ happening on Bluesky
12:27 Building social experiences in Web 2.0 and why Bluesky needs to exist now
14:38 The social internet and how itā€™ll evolve; ActivityPub
15:57 Capturing social primitives in a way thatā€™s composable and extensible for new ways of doing social
16:11 Philosophy of user data (and other kinds of data)
16:55 The identity system of AT Protocol, DIDs (decentralized identifiers)
18:15 Example #1: comments on Bluesky feeding into blog comments
19:08 Example #2: Bluesky username as domain name
20:29 Benefit for creators
21:33 How identity system could shake out over time
22:56 "Like Linktree built on an open protocol"
24:21 Bridging from AT Protocol to ActivityPub
25:23 Bridgy.fed and interoperability
27:35 DID standard and how decentralized networks should come together
30:56 Building identity protocols, DID methods
34:05 Importance of open social graphs (ā€œour relationships shouldnā€™t be owned by one company)
36:28 Phone number portability analogy
38:16 Store passport analogy
38:40 Bring identity to the forefront, independent of the protocol
43:29 Bluesky principle: ā€œMake social more like the Webā€
44:20 Blueskyā€™s roadmap and whatā€™s next
46:22 Custom feeds: build your own, building communities
48:12 One of Mikeā€™s favorite feeds, Quiet Posters
48:30 "Cozy mode"
49:33 Building a foundation developers can trust, building resilience
50:55 Blueskyā€™s exciting cultural moments
54:10 Showing the world whatā€™s possible

šŸ”Ž You can find Jay at @jay.bsky.team

āœš You can connect with Mike McCue at @[url=https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:6nkng5626orolzuyvuzocl4e]Mike McCue[/url] and at @[url=https://flipboard.social/users/mike]Mike McCue[/url]



šŸŒ Curious about the fediverse and the open social web?

In this week's Community tab, we're spotlighting developers, journalists and experts who will help you learn how the fediverse is shaping a more open and connected internet, and what this means for the rest of us.

@evan @Gargron @mmasnick @quillmatiq
@Sarahp

Follow their accounts in the Flipboard app to see their posts right alongside content from your favorite publishers.

Download the Flipboard app to check it out:

about.flipboard.com/download-fā€¦

#Flipboard #Federation #ActivityPub #OpenSocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon #MastodonMigration


Bluesky founder and CEO @jay.bsky.team says social media is stagnating because "we're in this trap where users are locked in and developers are locked out." She talked to @mike for the Dot Social podcast about building a healthier internet, how Elon impacted Bluesky's trajectory, innovating on social identity, and how different protocols can come together.

Read more about the episode here: about.flipboard.com/fediverse/ā€¦

Watch the video and listen to the podcast on PeerTube here, or listen wherever you get your podcasts: flipboard.video/w/ophhJTECuL7fā€¦

Discover past interviews here: flipboard.com/@mike/dot-socialā€¦

#DotSocial #Flipboard #Federation #Fediverse #Bluesky #ActivityPub #ATProtocol #OpenSocialWeb #JayGraber #MikeMcCue #SocialMedia


Make Identity Central Again, with Blueskyā€™s Jay Graber


Thereā€™s a reason journalist and Bluesky board member Mike Masnick calls the platform ā€œthe most interesting experiment going in social media.ā€ Originally launched as a project within Twitter in 2019, Bluesky has since become an independent company intent on making social more like the web.

What does that mean, exactly, and why does it matter? Bluesky founder and CEO Jay Graber says social media is stagnating because ā€œwe're in this trap where users are locked in and developers are locked out.ā€ Itā€™s time to open things up again, she says, like in the innovative early days of the internet.

Highlights of this conversation:

00:48 Blueskyā€™s origin story
02:04 Twitter under Elon
04:17 The case for decentralization
05:58 The case for Bluesky
08:33 Mike McCueā€™s Bluesky a-ha moment
09:55 What Jayā€™s excited about re: developer activity
11:21 The ā€œwacky experimentationā€ happening on Bluesky
12:27 Building social experiences in Web 2.0 and why Bluesky needs to exist now
14:38 The social internet and how itā€™ll evolve; ActivityPub
15:57 Capturing social primitives in a way thatā€™s composable and extensible for new ways of doing social
16:11 Philosophy of user data (and other kinds of data)
16:55 The identity system of AT Protocol, DIDs (decentralized identifiers)
18:15 Example #1: comments on Bluesky feeding into blog comments
19:08 Example #2: Bluesky username as domain name
20:29 Benefit for creators
21:33 How identity system could shake out over time
22:56 "Like Linktree built on an open protocol"
24:21 Bridging from AT Protocol to ActivityPub
25:23 Bridgy.fed and interoperability
27:35 DID standard and how decentralized networks should come together
30:56 Building identity protocols, DID methods
34:05 Importance of open social graphs (ā€œour relationships shouldnā€™t be owned by one company)
36:28 Phone number portability analogy
38:16 Store passport analogy
38:40 Bring identity to the forefront, independent of the protocol
43:29 Bluesky principle: ā€œMake social more like the Webā€
44:20 Blueskyā€™s roadmap and whatā€™s next
46:22 Custom feeds: build your own, building communities
48:12 One of Mikeā€™s favorite feeds, Quiet Posters
48:30 "Cozy mode"
49:33 Building a foundation developers can trust, building resilience
50:55 Blueskyā€™s exciting cultural moments
54:10 Showing the world whatā€™s possible

šŸ”Ž You can find Jay at @jay.bsky.team

āœš You can connect with Mike McCue at @[url=https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:6nkng5626orolzuyvuzocl4e]Mike McCue[/url] and at @[url=https://flipboard.social/users/mike]Mike McCue[/url]



The #fediverse / #mastodon has been flooded with #FlipBoard bots as they so 'kindly' embraced #activitypub (and they still refuse to mark them as bots).

Most of these organizations will have no idea they're here (some have actual Mastodon account that block 'their' FlipBoard version..). And even if, they have no way of interacting.

Here's how to get rid of all this anti-social clutter (mastodon):

- Click on a XXX@flipboard.com username
- Click on the 3 dots.
- Select 'block domain'


Seems a little hyped, no? How many of these publications have even heard of Flipboard, let alone Mastodon?

Flipboardā€™s just a middleman platformā€”it doesnā€™t bring a publicationā€™s team, and doubtful even their attention, and certainly not their engagement, to Mastodon. It just brings snippets of content to lure you to #Flipboard (if youā€™re not careful what you click on).

I think Iā€™ll just hold out for the publications and their staff to join #Mastodon in an official capacity.


Not partnering with trillion-dollar, people-farming, human-rights-eroding, and democracy-destroying surveillance capitalists like Meta should be the lowest of low bars when it comes to organisations that purport to work on ethical technology but, clearly, even that bar is just too fucking high for some.

#SocialWebFoundation #SWF #fediverse #mastodon #pixelfed #vivaldi #writeAs #iftas #ghost #mammoth #meta #automattic #medium #flipboard #fordFoundation #fastly #institutionalCorruption #BigTech


Art lovers in the fediverse, rejoice! This week, @Flipboard federated 250 publishers including some who specialize in art, design, architecture, making and more. Here are 10 to explore:

@AptTherapy
@ArchDigest
@ArtNews
@DigitalCameraW
@Dwell
@FineWoodworking
@HouseBeautiful
@mymodernmet
@PetaPixel
@Photofocus

For the latest on our federation, here's a blogpost. See the spreadsheet below for a full list of all federated profiles.

about.flipboard.com/fediverse/ā€¦

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/dā€¦

#FollowFriday #Art #Photography #Design #VisualArts #Home #Lifestyle #Flipboard #Mastodon #Fediverse #Federation


Earlier this week, @Flipboard federated an additional 250 publishers, including some great science publications. Here are just a few of the new profiles you can follow:

@Behscientist

@DiscoverMag

@Futurism

@LiveScience

@NationalGeographic

@popularmechanics

@SciAm

@Spacecom

You can follow these outlets' entire profiles, or just the topical Magazines that you're interested in. For example, if you want just history, you can follow @history-culture-NationalGeographic. Or want space news? Follow @nasa-Futurism

Here's more info about the Flipboard federation: about.flipboard.com/fediverse/ā€¦

#FollowFriday #Science #Media #Flipboard #Mastodon #Fediverse


You may have heard that @Flipboard brought 250 publishers to the Fediverse this week. Here are just a few news outlets you might want to follow:

@AssociatedPress

@abc

@CBSNews

@cbcnews

@globeandmail

@newyorktimes

@WashPost

You can follow their entire profile, or just follow the topical Magazines that you're interested in. For example, if you want world news, follow @world-news-CBSNews. Or if you want Canadian news, follow @NewsLitProject

#FollowFriday #News #Media #Flipboard #Journalism #Fediverse


šŸŽ§ FĆ¼r den #FollowFriday diese Woche empfehlen wir spannende Podcasts rund um Themen wie Digitalisierung, Politik, Arbeit und Wissenschaft:

t3n Podcastā€Ø
@t3n-podcast-t3nā€Ø
Themen wie New Work, E-Commerce, Marketing, Startups und digitale Transformation.

Podcasts (ZEIT ONLINE)ā€Ø
@podcasts-ZEITONLINEā€Ø
Von Nachrichten und Politik Ć¼ber Wissenschaft bis hin zu Verbrechen ā€“ die ZEIT ONLINE Podcast-Welt.

Dot Socialā€Ø
@dot-social-techā€Ø
Ein Podcast und Videoformat Ć¼ber offene Standards im Web, gehostet von Flipboard-CEO Mike McCue. Hier sprechen fĆ¼hrende Kƶpfe Ć¼ber das #OpenWeb, #ActivityPub und das #Fediverse.

Flipboard Weekender: Podcasts
@flipboard-weekender-podcasts-FlipboardDEā€Ø
Empfehlenswerte Podcasts zu Politik, Film, Unterhaltung und Sport, kuriert von der deutschsprachigen Flipboard-Redaktion.

#Podcasts #Digitalisierung #Politik #Unterhaltung #NewWork #ECommerce #OpenWeb #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Flipboard


Flipboard apre il Fediverso a 250 editori

Ora ci sono piĆ¹ di 400 editori che condividono nel fediverse tramite i loro account #Flipboard. CiĆ² consente loro di distribuire i loro contenuti in modo piĆ¹ ampio e raggiungere nuovi lettori. Gli editori possono vedere i loro nuovi follower del fediverse e interagire con la comunitĆ  tramite le loro notifiche in-app su Flipboard.

@fediverso@feddit.it

about.flipboard.com/fediverse/ā€¦


#Flipboard about.flipboard.com/fediverse/ā€¦


Flipboard is great in theory but half the articles in it need ad block removal to view. #flipboard


šŸ“£ It's been a while since we've federated a batch of publishers ā€” so to make up for it, here are 250, and they're big ones.

Today, we're bringing names like @abc, @RollingStone, @forbes, @BleacherReport, @NationalGeographic and @newyorktimes to the fediverse. They join the 174 profiles we've already federated, which include everyone from @19thnews to @Vox

Here's a blogpost with more details on this latest batch of publications that cover news, business, cooking, home design, politics, sports, science and more. Follow their Magazine feeds if you're only interested in one topic, or their whole profiles if you want the lot. The spreadsheet below lists out all federated accounts.

about.flipboard.com/fediverse/ā€¦

docs.google.com/spreadsheets/dā€¦

#Flipboard #Federation #SpreadMastodon #ActivityPub #Media #Publishers #Journalism #News #Politics #Sports #Entertainment #Food #Lifestyle #Science


How to Use Flipboard Magazine Formats to Boost Traffic


Share and spread the love

The Three Types of Flipboard Magazines. (Group Magazine By World Wide Schooling)
By collecting information in a Flipboard magazine, your media takes on another dimension. Readers explore and enjoy content in a beautiful and engaging format.

Your publication begins with a Flipboard magazine.


In this article, I will share the three magazine formats that will take your publication to the next level. I will also share best practices for creating and sharing each one.

The RSS Feed Magazine:


By adding an RSS feed to a Flipboard you aggregate content directly from your blog(s) into a magazine. If you have this function in your Flipboard account, add your RSS feed to drive traffic to your blog. I have attached a screenshot to see how itā€™s done. This function is only available on desktops.
Adding an RSS feed to a Flipboard magazineAdding an RSS Feed to A Flipboard Magazine

Benefits


  1. Automated aggregation makes it easy to add sizable amounts of content to Flipboard magazines. There is no need to micromanage the account. Large publishers benefit from this function.
  2. You can also add many RSS feeds and categorize them by topic. The curation process is simplified even further.
  3. Flipboard adds content the minute it is published keeping the magazines always fresh. New content gets seen, and it helps get traffic to your publication.


Negatives


  1. Itā€™s not available for smaller publishers. You will have to curate your content by hand.
  2. Content from RSS feeds may feel automated and impersonal. A human touch is always needed to make a magazine personal and engaging. Like journalism, you want to feel that thereā€™s an author behind the article.
  3. More hands-on work for curators and curators that donā€™t have the RSS feature. You can hire a VA to assist with the process. Many users work with assistants from all over the world. You can find out more here in this blogger group.


Best Practices:


  1. Plan your magazines according to your topics and add the RSS feeds accordingly.
  2. Make sure your RSS feed runs smoothly. Keep it updated and active. Be mindful to check and fix your feed if it does not work. Donā€™t let automation take over.
  3. Make sure your content is reliable and factual. You want to build trust among your readers.
  4. Simplify your articles, donā€™t have too many ads or distractors. Some readers prefer to read the whole blog to get the full experience rather than switch to it. ā€œReader Viewā€.
  5. Donā€™t saturate your magazines with too many feeds. Keep things simple and easy for your readers. You want them to return.
  6. Check your RSS feed to exclude irrelevant content that may not be valuable to your readers. Try to keep the magazine focus.
  7. Introduce new RSS feeds to keep the magazine fresh and relevant.
  8. Adjust your feeds based on what performs well with your audience. You may want to replace underperforming feeds or focus more on popular sources.

Rinse and repeat. Automated is practical, but be mindful to monitor. Flipboard is all about quality and readership. Once you gain followers keep them interested with your amazing curation.

Single Curator Magazine


This is the magazine that you curate with a blend of mixed media. Make this one all yours. Besides articles and blog posts, add photos, and notes. Take advantage of Flipboardā€™s curation tools for a more interactive experience.
Creating A Flipboard Magazine for Your ContentCreating A Flipboard Magazine for Your Content

Benefits


  1. You have full creative control of your magazine. Incorporate various media like YouTube videos, podcasts, and Fediverse posts.
  2. Magazines are portable and easy to share on your blog, your newsletters, in the Fediverse, or social media posts.
  3. You can also add other peopleā€™s articles for a more varied experience.

As you curate magazines, you get a deep understanding of your audienceā€™s wants and needs. Armed with this knowledge, you can provide followers with what they want to read.

Negatives


  1. Flipboard requires a commitment and it can be very time-consuming. But once you get stuck in you become addicted and enjoy the process.
  2. Links may become disabled after some time and it can be a lengthy process to ā€œcleanā€ them out. I tend to put these links in the back of my magazines or eliminate them while sitting in front of my favorite TV show.
  3. Images may not appear on some flips. Be mindful of the amount of UTM links you are using in your articles.


Best Practices


  1. Do share your magazines outside of Flipboard, especially if you donā€™t have a following. Put them on your blog, and emails, and add a FlipIt icon to your publication.
  2. Do you add niched content to keep your audience engaged? Your readers may not want to read your whole blog. They might only be interested in a specific part of it. So curate with this in mind. If you have a travel blog segmented into countries. I might follow that one that has information on Argentina, for example.
  3. Build your Flipboard Brand Identity. Position yourself as a thought leader. Curate high-quality content to enhance your brandā€™s reputation. Control your narrative to align with your brandā€™s values.
  4. When you curate your content you can be selective as to what goes into a magazine. Filtering out irrelevant content. Always think of your audienceā€™s experience.

The best part of curating magazines is that you can share your interests, and passions and make it all yours. Each one of your magazines is a personal journey. Like eating Keto? Enjoy cycling? Like-minded people will find you and want to connect.

Community Magazines


Flipboard has a robust community that helps reach a wider undiscovered audience. One of the best ways to grow your profile is to leverage the Flipboard community. Do this by joining group magazines or starting your own. These topical magazines are run by users wanting to build their community. Generally, they are willing to include you.
Creating A Flipboard Group MagazineCreating A Flipboard Group Magazine

Benefits


  1. Community magazines help grow your profile. Your content is likely to be shown and shared by others in the community.
  2. Itā€™s a great networking opportunity. The Flipboard community is warm and inviting and usually eager to share. You can build partnerships and friendships. Over the years I have enjoyed meeting many people all over the world.
  3. Everyone knows how hard it is to grow your Flipboard following. You have a chance to do this by collaborating.


Negatives


  1. Some community magazines are saturated with content. Monitoring relevant information is hard for busy curators. Extra-large magazines can be overwhelming. Thatā€™s why the selection process is critical.
  2. Some collaborators may not understand magazine etiquette. You do have to be very specific when inviting contributors to your magazines.


Best Practices


  1. Join a magazine run by a high-profile Flipboard user and you will gain lots of visibility. Your content will be seen. This magazine is likely to trigger the Flipboard algorithm.
  2. Establish your authority by sharing your content. I always learn from your flips and enjoy reflipping.
  3. Set rules for your magazines to avoid flips that are irrelevant. Encourage everyone to stay on topicā€”post guidelines in the ā€œNotesā€ option for imagery, content, and magazine etiquette.
  4. Reach out to the Flipboard User Group to find collaborators for your magazines.

By sharing to a Flipboard community magazine, you share your knowledge and build valuable connections.

All this and, donā€™t forget toā€¦


Monitor Analytics: Use Flipboardā€™s analytics tools or Google Analytics to monitor performance.

Keep those Magazines Fresh: Regularly update your magazines with new content to keep them active and relevant.

Happy Flipping!

by Janette Leon Speyer (@JanetteSpeyer@flipboard.com)

Flipboard


Your publication begins with a Flipboard magazine. In this article, I share the three magazine formats that will take your publication to the next level with best practices for creating and sharing each one.#Flipboard, #Flipboardmagazines, #Publications, #Blogs, #Blogging

https://medium.com/flipboard4business/how-to-use-flipboard-magazine-formats-to-boost-traffic-672ace474d8a?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into LEARNING AND USING FLIPBOARD EDU @learning-and-using-flipboard-edu-JanetteSpeyer


Here's an article I wrote about how to maximize your magazines for traffic.

Your publication begins with a Flipboard magazine.

In this article, I share the three magazine formats that will take your publication to the next level with best practices for creating and sharing each one.
#Flipboard, #Flipboardmagazines, #Publications, hashtag#Blogs, #Blogging,

medium.com/flipboard4business/ā€¦


ā­ļøThis Week's Featured Voices on Flipboardā­ļø
You can now discover climate experts from Mastodon and Threads on Flipboard. These six influential voices are featured in our Community tab this week:

@kathhayhoe
@renewable_energy_club
@globalecoguy
@MichaelEMann
@britishantarcticsurvey
@stshank

Follow their accounts in the app to see their photography right alongside content from your favorite publishers. If you miss them in the tab, you can always search for their accounts on Flipboard.

Download the Flipboard app to check it out:

about.flipboard.com/download-fā€¦

#Flipboard #Federation #ActivityPub #ClimateChange #Science #Environment #Fediverse #MastodonMigration


I started using the @Flipboard app a few days ago. I could find a profile of the Aeon Magazine (aeon.co) and the Psyche Magazine (psyche.co), digital magazines I usually like.

After a few likes and articles I've read, I've liked some suggestions I've received so far. I don't know what their algorithm is, but I like the interface and to get some reading suggestions based on my preferences. I could also easily find other digital media I didn't know about.

This is something I believe we could do better in apps like Mastodon and the like, but it seems that just the idea of an algorithm is daunting, I suppose due to the abuse of other platforms whose main goal is to profit via people's addiction to the screen.

A well-designed and transparent machine learning algorithm could be used to show us some potential benefits we can have, not only the harm several of us know and want to keep at bay.

P. S. it became a thread 1/

#MachineLearning #news #journalism #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Flipboard


ā­ļøThis Week's Featured Voices on Flipboardā­ļø
It's not just Mastodon and Threads accounts you can discover on Flipboard ā€” you can also find and follow folks from (to paraphrase the Beatles) across the fediverse! In this week's Community tab, we featured these photography accounts from @pixelfed:

@chris.zielecki
@cyclingtogether
@Iancylkowski
@mmccue
@parisstroke
@Potassium

Follow their accounts in the app to see their photography right alongside content from your favorite publishers. If you miss them in the Community tab, you can always search for their accounts on Flipboard.

Download the Flipboard app to check it out:
about.flipboard.com/download-fā€¦
#Flipboard #Federation #ActivityPub #Pixelfed #Photography #Fediverse #MastodonMigration


šŸŒ Tip! Sabies que pots seguir els blocs de #WordPress a #Flipboard o #Mastodon a travĆ©s dā€™#ActivityPub. Totes les interaccions de Flipboard tornen al bloc! šŸŽ‰ FeliƧ federaciĆ³ comentant, agradant i compartint! šŸš€

@pfefferle mastodon.social/@pfefferle/113ā€¦


in case you haven't heard, it's possible to follow #WordPress blogs on #Flipboard via ActivityPub. so all interactions on flipboard flow back to the blog! happy federated commenting, liking and sharing!

wordpress.org/plugins/activityā€¦



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šŸ“¢ Diese Woche haben wir einige spannende Persƶnlichkeiten, Initiativen und Museen aus der Mastodon-Community auf Flipboard vorgestellt!

Falls du es verpasst hast: Du kannst jetzt allen aus dem Fediverse in der Flipboard-App folgen. Wir freuen uns, wichtige Stimmen aus den Bereichen Wissenschaft, Politik, Journalismus, Klima, Kultur und Geschichte dabei zu haben, darunter @dieKadda, @nicholaspotter, @ueckueck, @pneutig, @digiges, @NatureMC, @lenaschimmel, @DerLeiermann, @pfefferle, @histmus und @nszwangsarbeit.

Lade die App herunter, besuche den Fediverse-Tab unter Entdecken und folge diesen Accounts. Ihre BeitrƤge findest du im neuen Fediverse-AktivitƤt-Karussell im ā€žFĆ¼r dichā€œ-Feed.
about.flipboard.com/download-fā€¦

#Mastodon #Flipboard #Fediverse #Wissenschaft #Politik #Journalismus #Klima #Tech #Kunst #Kultur #Geschichte


Do you use Flipboard to stay up on the latest news in tech? If so, your experience just got better. Now you can follow people on Threads and Mastodon, like Marques Brownlee, Mark Cuban, David Imel, Kara Swisher, and Taylor Lorenz, right from your Flipboard, and get their latest social posts on all things tech.

Learn more about these new features in this blogpost. And if there's a cool account you'd like us to highlight, let us know in the comments below.

about.flipboard.com/fediverse/ā€¦

#Mastodon #MastodonMigration #Federation #Fediverse #Threads #Flipboard


I was wowed by the #Flipboard #Fediverse integration as presented in the #FediForum. šŸ‘šŸ‘šŸ‘ Congrats on letting your clients expand their reach!

And it did not stop there: I have just found that I can follow curated mags from my Fedi account! Beautiful!

Down with the walled gardens!


šŸŒŸThis Weekā€™s Featured Voices on Flipboard!šŸŒŸ

Weā€™re spotlighting @davidfrenchjag @amandalitm, @ianbremmer, @heidilifeldman, @joyannreid and @parkermolloy in our Community tab.

Follow their accounts in the app to see their political insights and social posts right alongside content from your favorite publishers. If you miss them in the Community tab, you can always search for their accounts on Flipboard.

Download the Flipboard app to check it out: about.flipboard.com/download-fā€¦

#Flipboard #Federation #ActivityPub #Politics #Fediverse #MastodonMigration


I opened #Mastodon and suddenly Iā€™m reading posts about the Apple event from #Threads, #Flipboard, Microdotblog, #Medium, and even Mastodon ā˜ŗļø. All in one place! The #Fediverse and the #ActivityPub protocol are mind-blowing. What a time to be alive!


Behold the magic of the fediverse! In the Flipboard app, you can now follow these cybersecurity experts and journalists from the Mastodon community:

@alex @jerry
@alyssam_infosec
@hacks4pancakes
@percepticon
@cybernews.

In case you missed it, we announced a few weeks ago that accounts from the fediverse are now discoverable and followable on Flipboard. Download the app to check it out:

about.flipboard.com/download-fā€¦

#Flipboard #Cybersecurity #Infosec #Fediverse #Federation


I just found out I can follow WordPress.com blogs on Flipboard if they're connected to the fediverse!!

I searched and found a profile for my old WordPress.com blog Noelleification that I deleted lol šŸ˜† guess it still exists

#wordpress #fediverse #flipboard #blog


Great video by @vladcampos@mastodon.social!

I agree that #Flipboard is one of the unique players in the #Fediverse. I also see them as a potential central hub for news & a contender to #Google News & #Apple News.

šŸ‘‰šŸ¾ Flipboard is significantly improving our Fediverse experience šŸ“ŗ youtu.be/41q5LBXJlGc via @vladcampos@flipboard.com

Random unrelated note: I noticed that @Flipboard has not yet activated #ActivityPub for their main account on Flipboard: flipboard.com/@flipboard


Seit kurzem haben wir eine Fediverse-Rubrik in unserer App, in der wir spannende Profile von @Mastodon vorstellen. Damit kann jede:r auf Flipboard diesen Personen direkt folgen.

Nun kommt ihr als Community ins Spiel: Wer sollte eurer Ansicht nach auf keinen Fall fehlen?

Wir freuen uns Ć¼ber Empfehlungen aus Bereichen wie Tech, Journalismus, Politik, Forschung & Wissenschaft, Fotografie und vielen weiteren.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Flipboard #SocialMedia #Digital #Tech #Politik #Wissenschaft #Fotografie #Journalismus #Medien


I believe tech oriented news outlets & opine sites have activated #ActivityPub on their #Threads account.

Examples include:

šŸ‘‰šŸ¾ @theinformation
šŸ‘‰šŸ¾ @postopinions
šŸ‘‰šŸ¾ @techcrunch

The more ā€œtraditionalā€ news outlets use #Flipboard (who unlike Threads does not throttle political news). Examples include:

šŸ‘‰šŸ¾ @bloomberg
šŸ‘‰šŸ¾ @KyivIndependent
šŸ‘‰šŸ¾ @time
šŸ‘‰šŸ¾ @politico
šŸ‘‰šŸ¾ @quartz

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