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mike

@mike@flipboard.social

Co-founder and CEO, Flipboard https://flipboard.com/@mike

Interests: #Climbing #Backpacking #Photography #Sailing #ActivityPub #Startups #Design

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mike, to fediverse
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The network effect for is gaining some serious momentum right now. As more services adopt the protocol, more people, more communities and more content are added to the network making it increasingly more valuable for everyone. This will only accelerate in the coming months as Threads, Wordpress, Tumblr, Flipboard and others federate.

We're still in early innings but there's no way to put this genie back in the bottle. The open social Web / the is going to be huge.

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@nunesdennis @evan Our plan is to fully federate in the coming months so that anyone in the Fediverse can follow and engage with anyone curating on Flipboard and anyone on Flipboard can follow and engage with any public account in the Fediverse.

Stay tuned for more details soon.

mike, to random
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A thread on some tenets regarding open systems I feel compelled to relay:

  • It’s extremely hard for open to ever compete with closed. It almost never succeeds.

  • Every now and then open is given a chance due to unprecedented external events or pressures.

  • In the rare event that open gains momentum, any actor can adopt it. That’s the point.

  • The actors who adopt open will inevitably range from good to indifferent to bad.

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  • If those who have been working on open revert to closed in the name of preventing bad actors, closed will win.

  • If open wins we get things like the web. Imperfect but far greater for humanity than most everyone being online via AOL.

  • We’re at a precious moment in time for the fediverse. When it comes to social media, open has a real chance right now. And closed is on the ropes. Let’s not blow it.

mike, to random
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Hello Fediverse!

@Flipboard is currently a walled garden.

It's a beautiful, highly curated walled garden filled with content from the worlds best publishers and creators curated by Flipboard's editorial team as well as our community of magazine makers.

But it's still a walled garden. Today that begins to change.

We've moved four of our most popular desks into the Fediverse for you to enjoy.

@NewsDesk
@TechDesk
@CultureDesk
@ScienceDesk

Details below:

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/flipboards-editorial-curation-comes-to-mastodon/

mike, to random
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Today we are federating several important non-profit organizations dedicated to advancing journalism and combating misinformation:

The News Literacy Project @NewsLitProject

Conversation US @ConversationUS

The 74 @The74

Check out my Medium post to see the full list of Flipboard accounts we are federating today:
https://medium.com/@mmccue/flipboard-begins-to-federate-4a80d6bdc209

mike, to random
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The antidote to AI destroying the web is to strengthen human connection and to make those connections a fundamental part of the open web. Quickly.

mike, to fediverse
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The problem with building a closed social network is that it sets up an all or nothing premise for users. They might like some of the signature features but they'll leave if there's not enough people to network with. That's a shame and a huge barrier to innovation and new social products.

The changes that forever. People can now use the features they like from a mix of apps across a common network of people. This means we can take a whole new approach to how "social" and "media" should work including discovery, user experience and monetization that will be far healthier than anything we've had in the past.

mike, to random
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This.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-10-05/the-moral-case-for-no-longer-engaging-with-elon-musk-s-x

mike, to random
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Great summary of migrating from Instagram to @pixelfed by @numericcitizen

https://numericcitizen.me/im-on-pixelfed-now-my-observations-after-using-the-service-for-a-while/

mike, to random
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Hello fellow Fediversians!

What are your favorite @pixelfed accounts to follow?

What are your favorite #Friendica accounts or groups to follow?

mike, to random
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Gotta love how the fediverse is actively banning nazis while Elon is actively unbanning them and Substack does nothing.

mike, (edited ) to fediverse
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In the latest episode of I interview @snarfed.org@snarfed.org, a passionate bridge builder with a focus on connecting people across the open web and the . His latest work, , connects and resulting in excitement, critique and lots of discussion.

Ryan and I talk about the parallel communities on and , their shared desire to create an open social web and the pros and cons of their underlying protocols, and . Can or should these be bridged? If so, how? As whole new communities continue to join the fediverse, how should the user experience evolve?

Listen to this excellent discussion on our @PeerTube instance or wherever you get your .

https://flipboard.video/w/2Jj46hJaUQQG5TuiBYi9TR

mike, to random
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A terrific story told by @lisamelton of her meetings with Steve Jobs when designing and building Safari. The standard that Steve set for great products more than a decade ago is more important to achieve than ever.

https://lisamelton.net/2023/10/05/memories-of-steve/

mike, to random
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One of the fascinating things we are all learning together is what happens as different networks with the same users federate into the Fediverse.

I curate content about my interests into magazines on Flipboard. I post and converse about tech on Mastodon. I post photos I’m proud of on PixelFed. There are 3 dimensions of me you can follow in the fediverse. Publishers, creators, et al will be multi-dimensional too and will use different services in the fediverse to engage around those dimensions.

mike, to fediverse
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One of the big things @Gargron talks about in this interview is his experience with and whether or not the embrace, extend, extinguish playbook would work in the . This discussion happens at minute 41

https://flipboard.video/w/cTBu4HusskGTuPBahqm6WY

mike, to random
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@molly0xfff is one of the most thoughtful and prolific writers on the internet right now. Post after post filled with deeply informed observations, critiques and insights. I know most people who are helping to shape the future of the web follow Molly already but just in case you aren't, you should.

mike, to mastodon
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X is in a downward spiral fueled by toxicity.

and the broader are in an upward spiral fueled by quality.

mike, to random
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Pixelfed is now live on Flipboard for iOS and Android and it looks great. Excited to see where @dansup takes Pixelfed next!

mike, to fediverse
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One of my favorite parts of this interview with @tchambers is when he wraps up with his 2024 predictions for the and including the things he's looking for as this crucial election year plays out. He gives a sweeping and insightful summary of the most important efforts now underway which will bear fruit this year.

https://flipboard.video/w/bUFY8M7Jyrg8LWge3DGHFd?start=45m38s

mike, to random
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Fediverse Eclipse > Twitter Eclipse

mike, to random
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Here are Mastodon links to some of the Flipboard Magazines I am actively curating these days:

FOLLOWING THE FEDIVERSE
Covering the rise of the Fediverse and the decline of the walled gardens as social media transitions from closed to open.
@following

THE INSIGHT
Stories I've read which enlightened me.
@the

NONTRIVIAL
Breakthroughs, insights and ideas that change everything.
@nontrivial

FOUNDER'S FORUM
Startup stories and perspectives curated by founders, for founders.
@founder

AC/DC AI
When electricity and artificial intelligence intersect.
@ac

VULCANITE
The art and science of picture taking
@vulcanite

JOURNALISM
Curating important stories about the past, present and future of journalism
@journalism

SAILOR'S LOG
Videos, articles and podcasts for sailors recommended by sailors.
@sailor

FINAL FRONTIER
Space awesomeness.
@final

WAYPOINTS
Beautiful places I want to explore someday.
@waypoints

BOOKS THAT INSPIRED ME
@books

For the full list, check out my Flipboard profile at https://flipboard.com/@mike

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mike, to fediverse
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Does decentralization make moderation better or worse? Will the deteriorate as millions more users join? Can tens of thousands of local instance owners do a better job at spotting and combating disinformation than the walled gardens can?

I asked @tchambers these questions and more to get his expert opinion and thoughts. Here's a great clip along with a link to the full conversation on PeerTube.

https://flipboard.video/w/bUFY8M7Jyrg8LWge3DGHFd

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mike, to random
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AI summaries of news = stealing from the journalists and the publishers who subsidized that journalism in the first place. Full stop.

mike, to fediverse
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Hello fediverse!

So far we've federated 450 accounts which have now received more than 100,000 likes, boosts, replies and follows from people in the . Today we are federating another 100 people who are curating terrific magazines that people in the fediverse can now enjoy.

Here's just one of my many favorites:

Addressing Climate Change Locally
By Ms. Coleman La Salle
High school Biology and Anatomy Teacher in Portland, Oregon

Federated link:
@addressing

Note that it takes time for newly federated magazines to populate so click on "Browse more on original profile" in order to see all the stories in the magazine. Once you follow, you'll see new stories as they are added in real time.

Enjoy and check out this post for more great examples:
https://medium.com/fedi-curious/over-100-000-social-interactions-from-the-fediverse-to-flipboard-f76465dee4f8

mike, to fediverse
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I talk about the in this episode of Technically Optimistic, a terrific podcast by Raffi Krikorian and Emerson Collective. The topic: How to Save Social Media

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/technically-optimistic/id1689164209?i=1000654155177

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