Mike McCue / is on Nostr

Co-Founder & CEO of Flipboard

Last Notes

2024-05-05 07:59:50

Got my first white supremacist reply from the fediverse after posting an article about Elon from Flipboard.
I reported and blocked the account & instance whose admin is also clearly KKK. That instance will now be blocked on [flipboard.com](http://flipboard.com/ ) and flipboard.social. It will also be shared with other instance admins for them to take action if they deem appropriate. Took 2 mins to help make the fediverse a bit better tonight.
The cool thing is that anyone can do this too. Decentralized moderation FTW.

2024-05-01 01:46:32

In this episode of Dot Social I interview Ryan Barrett, a talented bridge builder focused on connecting people across the open web. Ryan ignited a firestorm of excitement and criticism with his latest project, BridgyFed which connects Mastodon and Bluesky, two communities that share a passion for the open social web but are powered by two different protocols.
Listen to our conversation here or wherever you get your podcasts. Fediverse Threads
https://flipboard.video/w/2Jj46hJaUQQG5TuiBYi9TR

2024-04-20 02:46:53

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The fediverse changes that forever. People can now use the features they like from a mix of apps across a common network of people. This means we can take a whole new approach to how "social" and "media" should work including discovery, user experience and monetization that will be far healthier than anything we've had in the past.
Fediverse Threads

2024-04-20 02:46:49

The problem with building a closed social network is that it sets up an all or nothing premise for users. They might like some of the signature features but they'll leave if there's not enough people to network with. That's a shame and a huge barrier to innovation and new social products.
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2024-04-12 05:20:24

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First, we launched a new version of Flipboard for iOS and Android which brings the promise of two way federation to life. Now when a federated Flipboard user curates, people in the fediverse (soon to include threads users!) can reply, favorite, boost or follow those Flipboard users who in turn will see that activity in their usual notifications tab. Even better, Flipboard users can now directly reply to people in the fediverse.
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2024-04-12 05:20:20

Good evening, Tech Threads. Today was a big milestone in our quest to federate #Flipboard and tear down the walls around our own walled garden.
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