Dot Social Is Back

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/dot-social-is-back/

It's FediForum day 2! Here's @deadsuperhero's coverage of the event for @WeDistribute. Our CEO @mike demoed Surf there yesterday. If you want to try it for yourself, use the invite code FEDIFORUM when you sign up on our waitlist to get into the beta more quickly.

https://flip.it/OuQ1Qg
https://waitlist.surf.social/

#FediForum #Fediverse #SurfSocial #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #SocialMedia #MikeMcCue

@newyorktimes's veteran tech reporter @Markoff interviewed some of #TeamFediverse including @Gargron, @reckless1280 and our CEO @mike for a feature on the rise of decentralized social media. “It goes back to the original principles where the internet started out as decentralized,” Eugen Rochko told Markoff. Here's the full story [may be paywalled].

We're so excited to develop these conversations further at SXSW this weekend — check out the itinerary and sign up to join us at #FediverseHouse at the second link.

https://flip.it/NcjhLL

https://lu.ma/xbve5fa0

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#ICYMI: For last week's Dot Social podcast, @mike spoke to @jasonkoebler of @404mediaco and @ben of @ProPublica about how decentralization and the open social web create a more equitable ecosystem for quality journalism to thrive.

Read about the conversation here:

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jason-koebler-and-ben-werdmuller/

Watch and listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts:

https://flipboard.video/w/r7z6QY3dm5EqrFmDFkAgPY

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Forward-thinking journalists are not letting the “media apocalypse” happen to them. Instead, they’re doing the work that arguably has been most critical all along: building direct connections with their readers. @404mediaco's @jasonkoebler and @ProPublica's @ben join fediverse futurist @mike for a conversation about the discovery and sustainability of quality journalism.

Read more about the episode here: https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jason-koebler-and-ben-werdmuller/

Watch and listen at PeerTube here: https://flipboard.video/w/r7z6QY3dm5EqrFmDFkAgPY, or wherever you get your podcasts.

#DotSocial #Flipboard #Federation #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenSocialWeb #MikeMcCue #SocialMedia #Media #Journalism #MediaIndustry #ProPublica #404Media

Bluesky founder and CEO @jay.bsky.team says social media is stagnating because "we're in this trap where users are locked in and developers are locked out." She talked to @mike for the Dot Social podcast about building a healthier internet, how Elon impacted Bluesky's trajectory, innovating on social identity, and how different protocols can come together.

Read more about the episode here: https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jay-graber/

Watch the video and listen to the podcast on PeerTube here, or listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://flipboard.video/w/ophhJTECuL7fcBNbUitV3q

Discover past interviews here: https://flipboard.com/@mike/dot-social-the-future-of-the-social-web-3r0pl8ge5dju9965

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Flipboard CEO @mike will be joining the @threads AMA about the fediverse on Monday, along with Block Party founder Tracy Chou. Get ready to ask away — no question is too basic or complex.

#Fediverse #Federation #Threads #ActivityPub #MikeMcCue #TracyChou #AMA

Demo: Flipboard, by Mike McCue

https://spectra.video/w/p7J7q45WKx4AFPVWhXrv1f