flipboard has Announced which will bring its notes feature to its iOS and Android apps, two months after it launched the feature on the web. The launch made Flipboard the latest entrant in the battle to move some of the online conversations that take place on Twitter onto its own platform.
The notes feature offers an easy way to share ideas or start conversations, the company says. Flipboard curators can now post original content to their magazine to strike up a conversation with their readers. You can also use a note to welcome new followers or share your thoughts and ideas with them.
“Have you ever wished you could ask a question on Flipboard to get other people’s perspectives or recommendations? Now you can, thanks to the notes,” the company said in a statement. blog post. “With their distinctive sapphire background, notes not only allow you to express yourself and add your voice to your magazine, they also provide an engaging way to connect with the people who follow them. The responsive design of a note shows when conversations are taking place by displaying the responses.”
You can create a note by opening the magazine you want to add and tapping the “Create” icon in the navigation bar. From there, you can start writing your note. You can also mention other users to add more context to the note. You will receive notifications about who replies to your notes, who mentions you, and who comments on your notes. Notes added to magazines you follow may appear in your For You feed.
Flipboard says that notes are especially useful in group magazines, where multiple people curate content together. In these cases, notes can provide a way for users to share their thoughts and start conversations.
The company believes the feature will allow curators to create small communities around a particular topic or interest. Flipboard first introduced the ability for users to create their own magazines in 2012, by finding articles and then “flipping” them into a magazine that others could follow in their own feeds. With the new notes feature, curators can now do more than just share articles and other information, as they now have the option to post text notes, which can also include uploaded images or links.
