Flipboard: The Social Magazine 12+

Love my daily catchup of articles on Flipboard

I love this app I can customise it to bring me all the information, news and what’s happening around the world.
Whether it’s happening in science, technology, word of fashion or politics I choose what I like and every day I get the latest information delivered in a simple and easy to read format.
It’s the digital magazine you have always dream’t of delivered to you mobile device or tablet. Simple easy and enjoyable...

It got clickbaity

I used to use flipboard all the time, but noticed a slow decline in the quality of news it would present me, so I deleted the app and looked elsewhere. Eventually I came back to flipboard - as it has one of the most fluid interfaces of news apps with least intrusive ads - and signed up with a new account. We started off strong but over a few weeks the feed deteriorated into second hand, sensationalised stories. I find, even though I’ve set interests and preferred sources, the home feed buries longer, more informative articles to make way for clickable, hyperbolised stories. It’s now similar to scrolling Facebook for news, which is a shame because I used to appreciate Flipboard for its formal and neutral presentation. My guess is; flipboard shifted their algorithm to ensure users scroll for longer to increase profit from ads (like every other free news feed), but I guess that’s the cost of “free” news. Unfortunately, although flipboard served me well through secondary school and university, in the era of misinformation, I’m letting it go. RIP. It was nice while it lasted xx

Developer Response ,

We are sorry to see you go... Have you tried using our tuning features to mute unwanted stories? Also, if you have any other feedback, feel free to reach us out through flip.it/help. We appreciate your feedback.

Still my go to but sadly forcing video and other ads down my throat

Great news site and I’ve used it since it’s inception. Living remotely and on satellite internet so I pay for every megabit transmitted. Also the internet is slow so my readings are constantly interrupted by ads being interposed above my now very jerky stories, and forced video ads taking precious screen space and megs. The x to dismiss the video ads is often small or hard to see, and often take several clicks to make disappear. Plus lots more ads masquerading as news. I get they have to make money but this is overdoing it and very sad as well as annoying. I’d happily pay a subscription fee to eliminate them but to date, not an option.

Developer Response ,

We are very sorry to hear about your disappointment due to the ads. We would be happy to share your feedback with our team. Have a good day and stay safe!