Post by @ben@werd.social

I'm very excited about the launch of @surf on the web: it demonstrates the open social web's true power. https://werd.io/surf-demonstrates-the-power-of-the-open-social-web/

Ben Werdmuller

Surf demonstrates the power of the open social web

Flipboard's browser for the open social web is out for web users today.

Timo

@[email protected] · 2 months ago

@ben @surf when I look for mastodon or patreon source, i get mostly bluesky sources. Can I block blue sky sources?

Alison Wilder

@[email protected] · 2 months ago

@ben @surf I've played with it a little bit and it feels like magic!

Ben Werdmuller

@[email protected] · 2 months ago

@alisynthesis @surf Right?! It’s super cool.

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot · 2 months ago

For custom feeds, what’s the mechanism? Just pointing to / including specific RSS? Manual curation? Dynamic curation?

Ben Werdmuller

@[email protected] · 2 months ago

@alexcartaz.bsky.social @surf It's dynamic curation. You select sources (across the social web, RSS, etc) and can refine the feed over time by removing topics / sources / hashtags etc.

CM Harrington

@[email protected] · 2 months ago

@ben @surf That looks interesting! I really loved Flipboard when I used an iPad — basically, a vastly more engaging RSS reader.

This looks to be ostensibly that, but ‘in a browser’? I’m trying to understand the difference between the products.

Ben Werdmuller

@[email protected] · 2 months ago

@octothorpe @surf It speaks first-class Bluesky and Mastodon, and you can post, reshare, etc.

CM Harrington

@[email protected] · 2 months ago

@ben @surf Cool! (Which also says I didn’t realise flipboard didn’t do that 🤣)