Notices by Marci McCue (marci@flipboard.social)

Got to catch up with @jeffjarvis last week and, per usual, he had clear and pointed comments like "Mass media is dying and human media is replacing it." Which is of course why the fediverse and open social platforms are so critical. Was a fun conversation, thanks Jeff for making the time!

Want to know the benefits of being a publisher in the #fediverse? @caseynewton asked that Q of Chat GPT: "When I asked for a report on a current subject of interest — how publishers can benefit from the Fediverse — the bot asked me four clarifying questions, such as whether I was looking from the perspective of a legacy publisher or a digital-only outlet, and how technical it should get in its analysis of the tradeoffs between using two different federated protocols."

If you haven't seen it, here's the report he got back. Very cool.

https://chatgpt.com/share/67a15df0-d2a8-8003-a8df-f01c5ce82083?ref=platformer.news

Do you love to use lists? Want to see what people are saying on Mastodon AND Bluesky? We've opened a waitlist for a new social browser, @surf. https://about.surf.social/

Something we hope @surf and other products work to solve: @Julia summarized it perfectly. "The Problem? The rise of the algorithmic engagement-driven social media feed has swamped our feeds with an avalanche of clickbait, ragebait, fake feelgood videos, and all sorts of other distracting, disempowering, and dissatisfying content."

https://buttondown.com/JuliaAngwin/archive/the-tyranny-of-the-for-you-feed/

We've launched a new social web browser so you can see what people are talking about across the fediverse, from Mastodon to Bluesky and federated Threads conversations. You can use search or make your own lists (custom feeds). Here's a link to the waitlist, hope you'll surf the future with us! https://about.surf.social/

If you missed it, today @Flipboard is taking over all of the press.coop publisher profiles (initially established to bring more news to the fediverse). Now Flipboard publishers will be able to connect with all of the people formerly following their RSS feeds on press.coop. Very cool to work with @DickHardt on this migration.

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-takes-over-press-coop-accounts/