Mike Macgirvin 🖥️ on Nostr: I thought flipboard was federated now. They're already part of the fediverse. Why ...

I thought flipboard was federated now. They're already part of the fediverse. Why would they need a Mastodon account?

Mastodon is  a provider. Flipboard is a provider. Threads is a provider. Friendica is a provider. Pixelfed is a provider. They all work together and can all communicate with each other without everybody requiring accounts on every provider. That's what makes the fediverse work.  For instance I'm on 'Y'. I don't have an account on any of those other things, yet here I am.