Notices by Mike McCue (mike@flipboard.social)

Happy new year Fediverse!

Claymation is so much cooler than GenAI.

I've never been more excited about the future of the social web than I am today.

If you're developing on ActivityPub or AT Proto I want to reassure you that your work will make a difference. Big wheels are turning.

@Crissy Because it gives me choice as a user while enabling an awesome new ecosystem of apps that I love using.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mellifluousbox/115569615176946969

Congrats to @Gargron, @mellifluousbox and the whole team for advancing the Mastodon org to ensure it will continue to ship great work in the years ahead while remaining funded by the people for the people.

Eugen didn't just build Mastodon, he built the foundation for the future of the social web. He's a hero to me and so many others who are building on that foundation now and for years to come.

Thank you @Gargron for the gift of Mastodon to the world and for continuing to inspire us all with your principles and practice.

Fantastic Surf feed by @tchambers to follow the #NoKings protests. Unites people posting from across the social web including Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, YouTube, Ghost, Wordpress and more.

https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01k7fma1sa0f66jewn6tv6thfc

Hello fediverse,

The AltStore is federating! It’s time to give developers and users an open platform to directly connect with each other while drastically improving app discovery. I believe so much in this mission that I joined their board to help.

More here from @rileytestut

https://rileytestut.com/blog/2025/10/07/evolving-altstore-pal/

@evan All in the name of enlightenment for a new batch of fediverse true believers. Loved your talk today.

OK! It's identity and communities by a country mile (and in a tie).

Excited to talk about these topics with some great community builders and identity pioneers in the next season of #dotsocial

Mastodon is so awesome.

In this latest episode of #dotsocial I have an inspiring conversation with @johnonolan and @pfefferle who are bringing the best ideas of the blogosphere to the open social web. You'll love their vision and plans for gathering people around great stories and storytellers in the fediverse.

Check it out here on our PeerTube instance or wherever you get your podcasts:

https://flipboard.video/w/g8BgnihyFkMsZ4fwGe3MZn

Major Surf beta dropping today which introduces Starter Sets for the open social web. Now you can benefit from other people's curation to quickly and easily make highly useful, personalized feeds for each of your interests.

For example, combine "Tech Builders and Thinkers", "Guardians of The Fediverse" and "Tech posts from My Mastodon Follows" to get a personalized tech feed that includes interesting people and posts from Mastodon, Threads, Flipboard, Pixelfed, Bluesky and more.

More info here:

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/surf-starter-sets-make-custom-feed-building-easy/

I loved talking with @rudyfraser.com for this episode of #dotsocial

Rudy is one of the most visionary builders and thinkers of the social web today. He helped me realize that the success of the social web is not about killer apps. It's about killer communities. Once you internalize this insight, the entire world looks different.

Check it out here on our PeerTube channel or wherever you get your podcasts.

https://flipboard.video/w/2x3uGwDLDtiiNHEzKTydKQ

A few days ago I had the opportunity to sit down with @leo @jeffjarvis and @parismartineau to talk about the open social web and the work we're doing with @surf

It was a wide ranging discussion and an absolute pleasure to go deep on all things fediverse with these legends.

You can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwd14SCeTmg

If you’re on the Surf beta check out this really well curated feed by @ben. I’ve been using it on a regular basis. Super informative and timely.

Speaking Truth to Power
https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jf18nkhmm632b8qtret48113

#SurfFeeds

Quoting @caseynewton who warned a year ago that Google was putting the web into a state of managed decline.

"AI overviews have resulted in declines of 70 to 80 percent in the click-through rates to the web pages from which they derive their information. That’s 70 to 80 percent fewer visits to web pages..."

https://www.platformer.news/safari-search-decline-apple-google/

I've been so deep in product development lately. It's nice to come up for air to check in with folks here and see all the great work they're doing. I love this community.

Just posted an awesome discussion with @chrismessina for the latest episode of Dot Social. We went deep on the power of the hashtag, the future of identity and reputation online, and the potential of using AI for moderation at scale.

Check it out on PeerTube or wherever you get your podcasts:

https://flipboard.video/w/rXvDwHv32imgBiGrZykhxW

Last week at #SXSW I interviewed @molly0xfff about owning your work on the web, getting it discovered and making it sustainable. She explained how she does this with http://mollywhite.net and offered pragmatic steps that anyone can take. If you love the web, you'll love this talk.

https://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP147154