Watch @Mike McCue give a live demo of Surf at SXSW. Learn what Surf is for, how it brings together content and communities across platforms, and how to make your own custom feed. Audience questions at the end are also 👌.

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On March 10, 2025, Flipboard CEO and Co-founder Mike McCue took to the stage of the Fediverse House at SXSW to show off Surf, a new kind of social ...

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#Fediverse #FediverseHouse #SXSW #OnlineCommunities #SocialNetworks #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #socialmedia #customfeeds

🌍 It’s almost #EarthDay in #EarthMonth but, honestly, it should be #earthdayeveryday, right? @JanetteSpeyer has curated an important custom feed with key environmental hashtags, Flipboard Magazines, and relevant posts from across the social web.

Mother Earth by JanetteSpeyer on Surf

Surf - #Environment, #Climate, #Sustainable. It’s our duty to know and to protect

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The Tech Wave section of the Surf Shop features the best technology-related custom feeds made by our beta testers. Cruise down to the bottom of your Home screen and tap into the Surf Shop. Scroll down a bit to find the following feeds (also linked here): 🏄 @npub19g4w...6a0t's "Tech News"

Tech News by Sarah Perez 💙 on Surf

Surf - Tech News

🏄 @npub1tuta...s9rr's "Linux Evolution"

Linux Evolution by Sean Tilley on Surf

Surf - A feed dedicated to some of the best Linux-related news and content from across the Web, with an emphasis on desktop Linux, gaming, and cool...

🏄 @npub14j85...pjuf's "Tech Policy"

Tech policy by Mike Masnick ✅ on Surf

Surf - A feed about tech policy pulled from a variety of sources and created by Mike Masnick of Techdirt.com.

🏄 @npub1vag7...mjkp's "Guardians of the Fediverse"

Guardians of the Fediverse by Tim Chambers on Surf

Surf - Key thinkers and builders of the open social web - ActivityPub, ATproto & more…

#SurfFeeds #tech #technology #linux #techpolicy #fediverse #socialweb

This week's release continues the refinements in feed controls, lets you search and explore sources within a feed, and improves search results on Android. Plus, you can always browse the Surf Shop for the best new feeds created by the Surf community. We're constantly refreshing this area accessible from the bottom of your Home screen.

The Meta trial, OpenAI's new coding tool, TikTok's version of community notes...it's all going down in @npub19g4w...6a0t's Tech News feed right now. With 27 sources, the mix contains many of the top outlets for tech journalism, all in one place.

Tech News by Sarah Perez 💙 on Surf

Surf - Tech News

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#tech #technology #journalism #meta #openai #ai #tiktok

Got Mastodon *and* Bluesky accounts you want to link to Surf? (This is the magic of the social web, after all…) Head to Settings → Manage Accounts to link them up and choose your primary account for posting. 🐘🦋 #mastodon #bluesky #socialweb #opensocial #fediverse

The Surf Shop features the best custom feeds made by our early testers. When you open the app, scroll down to this module and tap in to find picks in news, tech, sports, local, and culture categories. 🔎 Tip: Use #SurfFeeds when sharing to get feeds on our radar. We love to see what you're making, and it helps us program the Shop. Thank you!

What’s new on Surf? The big one this week is new “Exclude” options, which let you test removing news and topics you don’t want to see in your custom feed. You can always share your feedback and suggestions with us at feedback@surf.social. 🙏 #customfeeds #SurfFeeds

This week, it was all about dialing in the details, like improved comment threads and search results. Surfers, we’d love to hear your thoughts about how it's going for you. 🏄🏽‍♀️ 💌 Don't hesitate to drop us a line at feedback@surf.social. #customfeeds #fediverse #socialweb #socialmedia #opensocial

@npub1z6c0...t5xe’s custom feed has us hankering for pens, paper and cute things from Japan.

Stationery and Design by Jackie Yu on Surf

Surf - Live a fancy life

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