Open social web browser Surf makes it easier for anyone to build custom feeds https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/open-social-web-browser-surf-makes-it-easier-for-anyone-to-build-custom-feeds/
Open social web browser Surf makes it easier for anyone to build custom feeds https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/open-social-web-browser-surf-makes-it-easier-for-anyone-to-build-custom-feeds/
Today, we're launching two things at @anewsocial: a Bridgy Fed settings page and a Patreon!
Bridgy Fed Config lets you switch bridging on/off for your Bluesky, Mastodon, or Pixelfed accounts. For ActivityPub-based accounts, you can add a custom domain to look native on Bluesky [β¦]
Poodle in plain sight.
#poodle #minipoodle #dog
Ship Canal Bridge from below.
#seattle #bridge
Spring finds Seattle
I'm going to start evangelizing that publishers and journalists display Mastodon and/or Bluesky links on all of their pages and invest in those communities. They need to be doubling down in places where their connection with their audience is genuine and sustainable. I'm so tired of seeing media [β¦]
Barack Obama joins Bluesky https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/23/barack-obama-joins-bluesky/
Ryan Barrett, engineer behind Bridgy Fed, presenting at ATmosphereConf. Slide shows an angry person saying "No more protocols" next to a troll face saying "moar protocols"
@snarfed.org comparing various protocols at #ATmosphereConf π
Our first @anewsocial update is jam-packed!
- Announcing our board of directors! Can't believe that @snarfed.org and I get to work with @kissane, @ben, and @suziedarling π€©
- We're joining @mallory's fiscal sponsorship program ππΌ
- A new logo appears! s/o to @scott for putting it together π [β¦]
Youβre fired! Wait, youβre rehired. Email us a list of things youβve done today, forget it, youβre fired again. Come back, your job was important. Youβre fired or hired. Come in to the office. Wait, the office has no computers and we shut off the electricity. Go home.
We are the Department of [β¦]
There are so many great apps and services in the fediverse. To gain a better understanding of these I spoke with @atomicpoet for the latest episode of DotSocial. As many of you already know, Chris is a long time fediverse enthusiast with a lot of insight into the past, present and future of the [β¦]
@quillmatiq Or even just take zero care to safeguard it, eventually leading to a leak of indifference.
@quillmatiq Or until not being evil incurs the slightest opportunity cost.
I've been really enjoying @Flipboard's new app @surf!
It's a fantastic way to combine all your social feeds while also discovering mixed feeds other users are creating - it's been a discovery supercharge for my #Fediverse experience π
If you're interested in trying it out:
1. Go to [β¦]
surfsocial://feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jfkvh64gqw7xvm9x58dq8m61
Canβt wait to check out the new lifts at Alpental!
#snoqualmiepass #Alpental
Big mountain storms on their way in the PNW!
#skiingstoke
Hello fediverse!
This morning weβre opening a beta for Surf, a new kind of browser for a new kind of web β the open social web.
Built from the ground up on ActivityPub, AT Proto and RSS, you can create and surf amazing custom feeds that organize people [β¦]
[Original post on flipboard.social]
@Flipboard CEO @mike says in a decentralized social world, the internet will be less about websites and more about feeds, which is why he and the team have launched a new app, @surf. Read more at @theverge. #Surf #Flipboard #Fediverse #SocialWeb #Feeds #Tech #Technology https://flip.it/fE-CND
Very excited about the beta launch of @surf, a brand new way to experience the open social web from @Flipboard .
I've been using it for the last few weeks, and it's such a fresh take on custom feeds - spanning across multiple platforms, including Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, Flipboard, and so [β¦]
https://youtu.be/QKMkhCsgsas
@Kimberly I just missed it showing in downtown Seattle recently :(.
https://www.vulture.com/article/tarsem-singh-on-the-fall-streaming-and-coming-to-blu-ray.htm
Awesome images! https://youtu.be/Bw0IxexIiIw?si=oQlnvEZEMD--87_0
https://youtu.be/GLUMuN1jhds?si=XckrvsWX6WrKC7ow
Love Stephen Wolframβs insights.
Dang, thatβs a lot of outages.
Testing BridgyFed!