Notices by Anuj Ahooja (quillmatiq@mastodon.social)

The company that perfected the art of clickbait and shut down its award-winning newsroom promises to solve all the problems it exacerbated with a closed social platform rather than working with the open technologies and organizations that are already solving them

https://mstdn.social/@TechCrunch/113986089467616812

@BeAware hm, good question! @jejord would you happen to know?

I've been really enjoying @Flipboard's new app @surf!

It's a fantastic way to combine all your social feeds while also discovering mixed feeds other users are creating - it's been a discovery supercharge for my #Fediverse experience 🚀

If you're interested in trying it out:
1. Go to https://surf.social/ and click "Join the Beta"
2. Enter referral code "Surf+Quillmatiq"
3. ???
4. SURF 🏄🏼♂️

@sam @BeAware if people are forced to use an app for govt services, they will not move - that's the point I'm trying to make

@BeAware agreed, but look who has the power right now

Like I've said before, I'm pretty sure Elon is working with Trump to make sure X becomes the US "super app" he dreams of.

- Force all government comms via X
- Turn X DMs into a primary way to reach out to govt agencies
- Make X a financial app for govt services
- Food stamps? They're sitting in X!
- Public housing? Pay using X!
- Unemployment benefits? Sent to your X account!

I can go on.

https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/113930329158083673

It's also easier to track folks if they have to use one app for everything 👍🏼

Balloonerism is gorgeous, just as expected. Can't wait to add it to my collection.

Highly recommend listening, and everything Macadelic-onward.

https://pixelfed.social/p/quillmatiq/785930915806587556

Dusting off the ol' @pixelfed account 📸

https://pixelfed.social/p/quillmatiq/785565116910360884

@dansup Love to see it 👏🏼

BREAKING: Billionaire planning on buying a social network. No not that one, the other one. And this one, not that one. Yes, again.

@Gargron It's never easy to do the right thing, and I hope in the long-term you can look back and see how important this decision is. Thank you for doing this and excited for the next phase of your journey!

Hey, we could all self-host our social media profiles and choose different services to moderate, fact-check, and block based on our needs so we don't have to depend on billionaire owners and investors.

Ah! Well. Nevertheless,

@_elena the definitive list

I kinda appreciate it when Elon goes on tirades against services like Wikipedia, Signal, and NPR since they end up getting an influx of much-needed donations.

What else should we make Elon hate?

Hawk Tuah except we just laugh at it and don't turn it into its own industry

@evan Yup, that wifi gets turned off the moment I'm ready to open a streaming app. Made this mistake a few too many times 😅

Once, I downloaded a season of a show on Hulu and nothing else. When I hopped on the flight, they were randomly expired - after one night!

Never again. Excessive redundancy is the only solution.

Brb, preparing for my flight by downloading every video on every streaming service just in case

Very excited about the beta launch of @surf, a brand new way to experience the open social web from @Flipboard .

I've been using it for the last few weeks, and it's such a fresh take on custom feeds - spanning across multiple platforms, including Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, Flipboard, and so many more.

This is just a peek at what the future of the social web can look like, and it looks gorgeous 😍

https://flipboard.social/@mike/113674804218860674