US EditionFlipboard's new 'social websites' help publishers and creators tap into the open social web
The first web-based extension of Surf lets publishers and creators combine posts, videos and newsletters from decentralized platforms into custom sites.
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Flipboard just launched Surf, its new social app and feed reader
Surf’s main idea is about feeds. Everything is feeds. | Image: Flipboard Surf is a slightly hard app to explain. It's sort of three things: a client for fediverse apps like Bluesky and Mastodon; a feed reader that lets you subscribe to almost any website, podcast, or YouTube channel; and a tool for creating and following feeds of interesting content, a la Flipboard magazines. It's a browser for the fediverse, or for the open social web, if eith…
In the face of the growing fragmentation of social platforms, Flipboard offers a concrete response. The company has just unveiled the "social websites", a new mechanism designed to help creators and publishers to unite their community in one place. Far from simply updating, this initiative is part of a broader vision: ... Read more The article Flipboard launches the "social websites" to give the creators control of their audience first appeared …
Flipboard Surf launches social websites combining Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, and more
Surf is a slightly hard app to explain. It’s sort of three things: a client for fediverse apps like Bluesky and Mastodon; a feed reader that lets you subscribe to almost any website, podcast, or YouTube channel; and a tool for creating and following feeds of interesting content, a la Flipboard magazines. It’s a browser for the fediverse, or for the open social web, if either of those phrases means anything to you. It’s also one of the most compe…
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