Flipboard's new community features make it feel more like a social network
The company is also adding a new “communities” section to its app, which will highlight magazines and specific curators to follow. All the new features are out now on the web, and are launching on its iOS and Android apps in January.
The company has been quietly testing the updates since July. It says there’s already been a noticeable uptick in engagement in magazines where the new interactivity is enabled.The changes also help make Flipboard into more of an alternative to Twitter for those who primarily use the Elon Musk-run service for consuming news. McCue says that Flipboard’s new social features predate Musk’s takeover of the company, and that he’s still a “Twitter believer.
“It's not like you're in a giant open town square, and everyone's just shouting at the top of their lungs,” McCue tells Engadget. “It's more like we're the little restaurants around the town square and people are at different dinner tables talking. There's a different tone when you have these smaller groups.”
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