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It would appear they are doing some server side magic to determine which stuff shows up (hence the need for their own server): "...Well, it has a set of algori
by milestinsley 16y ago
It would appear they are doing some server side magic to determine which stuff shows up (hence the need for their own server):
"...Well, it has a set of algorithms that are looking for highly engaged items. You know, items that have lots of comments, likes, or retweets. It also has an algorithm that senses photography that’s been linked to from Facebook status messages and it lays those photos out."
Quoted from: http://scobleizer.com/2010/07/20/exclusive-first-look-at-revolutionary-social-news-ipad-app-flipboard/ http://scobleizer.com/2010/07/20/exclusive-first-look-at-rev...
- jrnkntl 16y agoThat makes sense, but I'd like to see some more transparent feedback with regards to my privacy then. Something like: "We need to send your Twitter/Facebook stream to our servers to work our magic and present you only the signal instead of the noise"
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- mchapman87501 16y agoFinally tripped across their privacy policy and terms of use: http://www.flipboard.com/privacy http://www.flipboard.com/privacy http://www.flipboard.com/terms http://www.flipboard.com/terms They may use personally identifiable information to send "marketing or promotional materials," so perhaps that's how they plan to make money.
- smackfu 16y agoI finally got the facebook part to work and they ask for every privilege you could imagine, including "access your info when you are not using the app". Too bad.