Flipboard is ditching X
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The platform cited a spike in hate speech and misinformation on X and plans to devote its time to Mastodon.

Flipboard is abandoning X for Mastodon::The company cited a spike in hate speech and misinformation on the platform formerly known as Twitter, as well a desire to work with a federated network of social platforms.

  • atx_aquarian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    Translated headline:

    Flipboard is abandoning X for Mastodon / Flipboard is not actually abandoning X.

    Edit: Thinking more about it, I think the wise thing is to announce it like this so the head brat at Xitter doesn’t revoke their account and hand it to someone else.

      • atx_aquarian@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        The actual headline:

        Flipboard is abandoning X for Mastodon / The platform says it will hold on to its accounts and retweet from time to time, but it plans to focus on Mastodon and other social platforms instead.

        My initial perception was focusing on the fact that that’s not abandoning it. That’s keeping one foot in the door, just in case.

        Thinking more about it, I think the wise thing is to announce it like this so the head brat at Xitter doesn’t revoke their account and hand it to someone else. Editing my statement above, too.