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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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Gargron, to threads
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#Threads is testing federation for a few selected profiles. I'm now following @mosseri! It's one-way for now, but it's exciting. It's a step towards the interoperable social web that we've been advocating for 🙂

mike,
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@Gargron @mosseri Welcome Adam! Great to have you here!

mike, to fediverse
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Molly White is one of the most thoughtful writers and thinkers on the web today. In addition to being a high functioning crypto critic, @molly0xfff is a believer and practitioner in crafting the next era of the web.

Molly believes that human connections are an inextricable part of the web and sees a bright future ahead as those connections move from walled gardens to the open web.

Check out this fantastic conversation with her on the latest episode of on our instance or wherever you get your .

https://flipboard.video/w/ovAsDRovkgbihkZa3wMcUA

mike,
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@underlap @molly0xfff I agree. One of the best. Molly is so good. Thanks for listening.

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,
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@mike I think Bing is also all-in on AI. We're going to need a totally new way to discover and navigate the web that is fundamentally better than a search engine. I believe trustworthy people recommending quality content to others who share an interest will be a fundamental part of the solution.

mike,
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@opny721 So true. It's be degrading for a long time. AI is a massive accelerant.

mike,
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@andresmh yes. thankfully!

mike,
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@uriel @mike Yes I've used it and I think it's where Google and Bing are headed. Perplexity is essentially forcing Google to move much faster. OpenAI will soon release something similar. All paths lead to the same result: subsume all the content on the web in order to satisfy the search on site and minimize the need to link out to the web.

chris, to fediverse
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Today something happened for the !

Petition was presented in Canada's House of Commons on behalf of over 1000 supporters! The government must now respond!

It was a group effort including @Dragon @chad @Dunstable @bougiewonderland @LALegault @mike @stephanie @danamcfarland @bluefacedbeast and 1003 more!

In 🇨🇦? Write the Speaker and your MP! Send them this post! Outside 🇨🇦 ? Use this example!

We can make it happen!! 😊 👊

A video of the House of Commons routine proceedings presenting petitions. It starts with a view of the speakers chair and green seats in front of him with two large doors behind. Then it switches to View of MP Gordon John as he presents the petition.

mike,
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@chris @Dragon @chad @Dunstable @bougiewonderland @LALegault @stephanie @danamcfarland @bluefacedbeast @GottaLaff Wow! Well done! I love seeing this.

I’m also fairly confident you meant to thank @mike instead of me so I’m tagging him here.

Bravo to all who are working on this! I’m also happy to help in any way if i can.

molly0xfff, to fediverse
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I had such a great chat with @mike on his Dot Social podcast, where we talked about the future of the web and why I'm a web optimist, why everyone should be a blogger, digital ownership, and decentralized social media.

The full episode is available here https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/molly-white/ and on PeerTube/YouTube/the usual podcast feeds!

mike,
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@freezr @molly0xfff We do have a bad habit in the tech world of calling people "users" and stories "content" and artists "creators". This kind of shorthand is often used to make it easier when building or discussing products but risks overly simplifying or categorizing.

When I use the phrase "content creator" I'm referring to people like bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters who often tell stories in a way that is deeply rooted in their passion or expertise. I think these are people who I think should be celebrated in the fediverse and given an opportunity to subsidize their work so that can be sustainable.

mike,
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@cdevroe @molly0xfff Totally. Molly’s reading list is really good and beautifully implemented.

imdavidpierce, to random

Threads’ moderation system: not doing so hot, y’all

Excited to start ranting and raving about censorship in Installer every week

mike,
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@thisismissem @imdavidpierce Totally. Threads' and Meta's scale are massive so it's hard for them to cover all these cases with a person. I think that's where decentralized moderation like what we see on Mastodon could have a huge advantage, especially if aided by shared moderation lists and ML tools that automatically flag problematic posts to actual people.

benjamin_goggin_, to random

I talked to a Tesla driver who was behind the wheel when his “self-driving” tech failed to slow-down while speeding towards a moving train.

He had to drive the car off the road to avoid what could have been a fatal collision.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tesla-owner-says-cars-self-driving-mode-fsd-train-crash-video-rcna153345

mike,
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@benjamin_goggin_ yikes!!

marcimc, to random

This was a fantastic summary of the situation between publishers and platforms (albeit the tip of the iceberg); IMHO journalism should be valued as an independent checks and balances service in our democracy and supported through sustainable solutions like the proposed CA law @crumbler explains here https://www.platformer.news/platform-sales-tax-california-sb1327-glazer/?ref=platformer-newsletter

mike,
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@thisismissem @marcimc @crumbler in this case, if there was no paywall this article wouldn’t even exist.

shoq, to random
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Hardly a scientific study, but as I examined 100 Threads account at random, with few exceptions, known brands and writers had 10-50 times the followings of lesser mortals. I am not sure what it says, but my gut says celebrity influence chasing is every bit as vibrant there, as it was on Twitter. On Mastodon, a new post of mine will almost always generate a few new followers. On Threads, they almost never do after a week. Is it me, them, or it?

mike,
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@shoq yes I’ve noticed the same lack of engagement on Threads. My Mastodon posts get approx 50x better engagement. I think there are several factors driving this. One biggie is how their For You algorithm works vs how the Mastodon home timeline works. I also think the simple boost mechanism is quite powerful on Mastodon. But most importantly Mastodon just seems to have a stronger sense of community.

mike, to random
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Gotta love Elon's highly focused execution at #X. They're focused on one thing and one thing only: building the everything app.

mike, to random
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I just got verified and opted into discovery via . This was created by @mike, one of most savvy and dedicated instance owners I've met.

Super easy to do. And at no point did Mike ask me for $8!

Check it out.

https://verified.thecanadian.social

mike, to random
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No, Google. I don't want to share my location every time I do a search, thank you.

No, New York Times, I don't want to open your app every time I read an article, thank you.

So please, pretty please, with sugar on top. Delete the popup prompts.

mike, to random
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Wondering what you call it when a group of talented people dedicated to advancing a positive agenda for the world bicker about arcane differences in approach while the bad guys come in and absolutely crush the movement altogether.

This is happening in so many cases right now I feel like we need a name for it.

mike, to random
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Awesome, in depth conversation about approaches, challenges and opportunities for federated social media on @TWiT today. Well done @leo, @jeffjarvis, @briannawu and @alex. Highly recommended.

mike, to internet
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One of the things that quickly becomes apparent as you use is just how much work has gone into making a full function experience over the years.

It's also a good reminder of how much there is still left to build for any federated social media experience to become truly mainstream.

mike, to random
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I love for understanding how various parts of the fediverse are growing. I have a question on the Fediverse User Growth graph. How is this measured? I was under impression this was accumulated number of account creations in a given month. But that can't be right because then the graph would never go down (unless these accounts were deleted?)

mike, to apple
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The 15" Macbook Air is far and away the best laptop I've ever owned. Kudos to .

mike, to random
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One of my all time favorite SNL sketches:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqfVE-fykk

mike, to random
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Lately I’ve found myself opting to use my new iPad Pro instead of my MacBook Air. I have to say it’s been a real pleasure. The OLED iPad screen is absolutely amazing and the Magic Keyboard is super functional. Now that the front facing camera has been moved to the side it’s easy to do video calls. The battery life is really good and being able to just pick up the screen and walk around the room with it while zooming into product designs in Figma is awesome. Excited to see how the iPad OS will evolve tomorrow.

mike, to random
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I love the user names in the fediverse:

mike, to random
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@caseynewton Love the new Platformer logo.

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