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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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gaberivera, to random

This debate re: "reviews should go easy on companies" just seems so painfully dumb. Is anyone pushing this idea who isn't simply a clown? Why even engage? (Oops did I just engage?)

mike,
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@gaberivera So true. I remember how @waltmossberg's legendary product reviews helped set a bar for tech products that made the whole industry better. Every good product leader knew that if their product was not working well and delighting users, it would never be able to withstand a Walt review and was not ready to ship.

It's really great to see thoughtful reviewers like MKBHD and @imdavidpierce carrying that torch forward. They're keeping the bar high by calling out bad user experiences while celebrating great products and ideas.

vladcampos, to dot_social
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Hi @mike, can you please ask the @dot_social team to convert the podcast playlist on YouTube to a podcast? It's a simple step that can be done in seconds on the playlist setting and it will make the podcast also available on YouTube Music.

mike,
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@vladcampos @dot_social will do!

Sarahp, to random
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Omg I have to buy a new desk. What’s your favorite home office desk and why? Pics welcome!!

mike,
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@Sarahp I use the Fully desk which raises and lowers for standing or sitting. Bought it at beginning of pandemic and really like it.

ricmac, to fediverse
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Post from @rabble on why he's chosen to use and not and the . He makes some compelling points. Personally I am not too worried about the server admin parts of his argument (I have enough control, even if I don't control the server), but I agree that this isn't ideal:

"You can’t use a single fediverse identity with your profile and followers in Peertube, Mobilizon, WriteFreely, and Pixelfed. You need a totally separate account in each one."
https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfqlx6wpl5267tmnmmjk7v9tzunjvhzav9unc2tjn6k0w82vghprsppamhxue69uhkummnw3ezumt0d5qjxamnwvaz7tmswfhhs7fdv4u8qetjd9kk2mn59ehkuun9dejx2u3wvdhk6qg5waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxgctdw4eju6t0qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqgkwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucnpdejqzxrhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7umhdpjhyefwvdhk6q3qwmr34t36fy03m8hvgl96zl3znndyzyaqhwmwdtshwmtkg03fetaqxczx4f

mike,
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@ricmac Of the issues that @rabble raises the one that I think is the most important to address is:

"Each kind of fediverse server is isolated. You can use a Peertube instance to federate with other Peertubes for video, or Mobilizon for meetup-style events, or Pixelfed for Instagram-like photo sharing, or WriteFreely for blogs. But each of these is isolated. I need a new account on an instance of each of these servers. They all run the same protocol, but they aren’t actually interoperable. You can’t use a single fediverse identity with your profile and followers in Peertube, Mobilizon, WriteFreely, and Pixelfed. You need a totally separate account in each one. With Nostr, you can use dozens of apps all with your same identity, content, and followers."

cc @evan @Gargron @dansup @JsonCulverhouse @greg @emilynguyen

mike,
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@ricmac @rabble @evan @Gargron @dansup @JsonCulverhouse @greg @emilynguyen

Having said that, I think that has far more adoption today than Nostr and that is only going to accelerate as more networks federate in the coming months. While Nostr has a lot of interesting ideas we can learn from, it is also quite arcane and requires an encryption key just to use it. That sets up a hard stop for non-technical people (i.e. mainstream audiences) to ever adopt it.

dansup, to random
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It's been a while since I've had to work 10+ hours at my job, so unfortunately I won't be able to get PubKit shipped tonight.

I do have a very ambitious weekend planned, so stay tuned

mike,
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@dansup Hah. You're one of those 10X engineers building the fediverse over the weekend for all of our benefit. Thank you.

TechCrunch, to random
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X is removing ability to hide checkmarks for premium users https://tcrn.ch/4avVAJk

mike,
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@TechCrunch As a former proud Twitter board member I am just so disappointed.

X is a pathetic fiasco of disastrous proportions.

mike, to fediverse
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Today was a huge milestone in our quest to federate and tear down the walls around our own walled garden.

First, we launched a new version of Flipboard for iOS and Android which brings the promise of two way federation to life. Now when a federated Flipboard user curates, people in the fediverse can reply, favorite, boost or follow those Flipboard users who will in turn see that activity in their usual notifications tab. Even better, Flipboard users can directly reply to people in the fediverse -- and very soon they will also be able to follow each other.

Second, we federated some of our best curators today who are actively curating more than 10,000 magazines about everything from climate change to kale smoothie recipes. I'm grateful to our many curators and the service they provide to so many others who want to find the best content about a shared interest. I know our curators are excited to have millions more people who could potentially benefit from their curation. I also know that people in the fediverse will give a warm welcome to these curators. Especially now that everyone can hear and talk to each other over what was once two totally separate networks but now increasingly are in one and the same .

mike,
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@bart Thanks Bart! I always recommend Mammoth to people who want to see what their newly federated account looks like in Mastodon. You guys have done a great job.

mike,
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@evan Thanks for what you helped create, Evan. Truly amazing to see it actually working.

mike,
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@dansup Thanks Dan! Next up is finishing our integration such that all Flipboard users can follow anyone on Pixelfed. I can't wait to feature your best users to ours.

mike,
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@mpesce Thanks man!!!

mike,
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@zdl @zdl I really appreciate your concerns here. Frankly, our Flipboard TOS are overly broad and conservative. They are also primarily driven by our current integration with Google ad manager which is no different than any other app or publisher who runs ads these days. I hate it and we are working to change this ASAP.

But in the meantime I can personally assure you that we A) never sell user data to anyone B) we never collect data for non-flipboard users C) location data is only used when volunteered by users in order to find local news/events nearby and D) any data we have from existing flipboard users is treated with the highest level of respect and confidentiality.

It's our user's data. Not ours. We're privileged to serve our users and we will continue to uphold their privacy no matter what. We'll do our best to make this a lot more clear in the Flipboard TOS soon.

mike,
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@RubyTuesdayDONO Hah. I so appreciate that Jobu. I too have been on the receiving end of that same double-speak you speak of and it sucks.

Building a business unfortunately comes with lots of complex CYA language from well intentioned (and well paid!) attorneys. Figuring out how to moderate all that and balance the real risks vs the made up risks is hard but important, especially now that some companies have totally taken advantage of their users' trust by hiding behind a lot of that same language.

I hope we can do better and set a higher bar for other companies who come to the fediverse.

mike,
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@onnob I love hearing that.

What do you think we could have done differently to have gotten you more into it? I love hearing this kind of feedback... especially now.

mike,
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@sordid I personally think it's incredibly important for the future of the fediverse/social web to be truly open by default. This means not building walls for fear or profit.

I know this is a bit controversial but I think we should be more focused on tearing down walls rather than building new ones. And I think this principle should be upheld for Threads given that @potus and many others are federating from there as we speak. This is a huge win for the open social web.

Having said that, we will certainly have to continually reinforce protections and moderation in the fediverse because there will be plenty of bad actors and users. Just like any other thriving social network, there will be lots of threat vectors that we will need to address as we grow.

Fortunately I think there are a number of smart, surgical ways of doing this without having to wall off 200 million users from the fediverse, most of whom are well intentioned and will be a hugely positive addition to the vision so many here have been working toward for years.

mike,
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@chris Thanks Chris!

mike,
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@zdl fair enough.

mike,
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@onnob ah. That's good to know.

mike,
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@pch let me know what you think!

mike,
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@Leorhall excellent! Let me know what you think. We have a lot more on the way.

mike,
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@shadowwwind @zdl correct.

mike,
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@ToSDR @zdl So cool that you guys are dedicated to ToS. These have been a catch all and CYA that I don't think have had enough attention in the past. I think what you're doing is helpful to change that. I'm meeting with my team tomorrow to make changes based on feedback from the community.

ElleGray, to random
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this is mars’s moon phobos eclipsing the sun. this is what passes for a total solar eclipse there. second-rate planet. just sad

mike,
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@ElleGray wow!!! we are so small!

janettespeyer, to fediverse
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I'm federated! Thanks @mike @Flipboard
I am delighted to be part of this journey!

mike,
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@janettespeyer @Flipboard this makes me so happy.

hrefna, to random
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If your solution to a problem is "everyone works for free until we obtain the glorious utopian vision" then you don't have a solution, you have a second problem.

mike,
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@hrefna Hah! So true. Bookmarking this one.

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