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Flipboard<p>Finally, our team had a wonderful time at <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SXSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SXSW</span></a> on Sunday and Monday, where Flipboard and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@surf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>surf</span></a></span> hosted the first <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FediverseHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediverseHouse</span></a>. Our CEO <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> and the whole team are 100% <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TeamFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeamFediverse</span></a>, and were thrilled to meet and talk to so many other open social web advocates. Here’s a feature by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@Markoff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Markoff</span></a></span> for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>newyorktimes</span></a></span>, where Mike, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Gargron</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@reckless1280/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>reckless1280</span></a></span> discuss the rise of decentralized social media, and how it can help publishers and media companies survive and thrive. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technology/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/06/technol</span><span class="invisible">ogy/mike-mccue-surf-browser-decentralized-internet.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Publishing</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Flipboard<p>“The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.” Here’s yet another brilliant feature by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Daojoan</span></a></span>. “The fediverse won’t succeed just because it’s better. It will succeed if and only if people choose it. If they reject the idea that being trapped in someone else’s ecosystem is just the cost of existing online. If they stop believing that “free” means surrendering ownership of your own connections, your own history, your own data. If they see that the internet wasn’t built to be a factory for engagement metrics and AI-generated content farms. It was built to connect us, not silo us to pad a wealth-extremist’s bank account,” she writes. </p><p><a href="https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">joanwestenberg.com/the-fediver</span><span class="invisible">se-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied</span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JoanWestenberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoanWestenberg</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/WalledGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WalledGardens</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Newstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newstodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/NewstodonFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewstodonFriday</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FollowFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FollowFriday</span></a></p>
Surf<p>Yesterday at <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FediverseHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediverseHouse</span></a> we announced <br>Bluesky integration, but that's not the only update Surf users will see in the latest beta. </p><p>You can now create unified home timelines incorporating Bluesky and Mastodon following feeds, Starter Packs, lists and custom feeds. And you can also use filters to exclude issues or topics you don’t want to see in your feed. Sign up for the waitlist here —&nbsp;and if you're currently beta testing Surf, please send your suggestions for improvements to feedback@surf.social, and bigs and issues to support@surf.social.</p><p><a href="https://waitlist.surf.social/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">waitlist.surf.social/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SurfSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurfSocial</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Flipboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flipboard</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSocial</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/OpenSocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSocialWeb</span></a></p>