<p>Not one to hold back, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> talks to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> about “enshittification,” explaining why the internet feels broken and what we can do about it. This episode of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.video/video-channels/dot_social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dot_social</span></a></span> is sharp, funny and provocative. Recorded live at the Fediverse House at SXSW.</p><p><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/cory-doctorow/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/cory-doctorow/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">cory-doctorow/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/corydoctorow/" rel="tag">#CoryDoctorow</a> <a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a> <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#Enshittification</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#Internet</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/opensocial/" rel="tag">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="/tags/picksandshovels/" rel="tag">#PicksAndShovels</a> <a href="/tags/fediversehouse/" rel="tag">#FediverseHouse</a> <a href="/tags/sxsw/" rel="tag">#SXSW</a></p>
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<p>The fediverse has no central authority — which brings both challenges and opportunities for how it's governed. For Dot Social, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> spoke with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@kissane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kissane</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://friend.camp/@darius" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>darius</span></a></span>, two of the smartest people working on this, about the impact of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election on fediverse work, the "Xodus," what needs to be done next, and how to fund and sustain better networks for humans. </p><p>Read more about it in this blogpost.<br><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/erin-kissane-and-darius-kazemi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/erin-kissane-and-darius-kazemi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">erin-kissane-and-darius-kazemi/</span></a></p><p>Listen to the conversation on <a href="https://flipboard.video/c/dot_social/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flipboard.video/c/dot_social/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.video/c/dot_social/v</span><span class="invisible">ideos</span></a> or wherever you get your podcasts.</p><p><a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/governance/" rel="tag">#Governance</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#Bluesky</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/atprotocol/" rel="tag">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="/tags/socialnetworks/" rel="tag">#SocialNetworks</a></p>
<p>For us, 2024 was a year of building on the social web.<br>✔️ Expanded federation in the U.S., Brazil, Canada, Germany, and the U.K.<br>✔️ Enabled following accounts from the social web in the Flipboard app.<br>✔️ Announced <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@surf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>surf</span></a></span>, a new browser for the social web.<br>✔️ Produced new episodes of Dot Social, the fediverse podcast hosted by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> </p><p>Thanks for being on this journey with us! 🚀</p><p>Did you do cool stuff in the fediverse this year? Tell us all about it in the comments, where we'll also link to the Dot Social PeerTube account and our Surf signup page.</p><p><a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/surf/" rel="tag">#Surf</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/socialweb/" rel="tag">#SocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a></p>
<p>Bluesky founder and CEO <span class="h-card"><a href="['https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/jay.bsky.team', 'https://jay.bsky.team/']" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jay.bsky.team</span></a></span> says social media is stagnating because "we're in this trap where users are locked in and developers are locked out." She talked to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> for the Dot Social podcast about building a healthier internet, how Elon impacted Bluesky's trajectory, innovating on social identity, and how different protocols can come together.</p><p>Read more about the episode here: <a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jay-graber/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jay-graber/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">jay-graber/</span></a></p><p>Watch the video and listen to the podcast on PeerTube here, or listen wherever you get your podcasts: <a href="https://flipboard.video/w/ophhJTECuL7fcBNbUitV3q" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flipboard.video/w/ophhJTECuL7fcBNbUitV3q"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.video/w/ophhJTECuL7f</span><span class="invisible">cBNbUitV3q</span></a></p><p>Discover past interviews here: <a href="https://flipboard.com/@mike/dot-social-the-future-of-the-social-web-3r0pl8ge5dju9965" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flipboard.com/@mike/dot-social-the-future-of-the-social-web-3r0pl8ge5dju9965"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.com/@mike/dot-social</span><span class="invisible">-the-future-of-the-social-web-3r0pl8ge5dju9965</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/bluesky/" rel="tag">#Bluesky</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/atprotocol/" rel="tag">#ATProtocol</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/jaygraber/" rel="tag">#JayGraber</a> <a href="/tags/mikemccue/" rel="tag">#MikeMcCue</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a></p>
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<p>Forward-thinking journalists are not letting the “media apocalypse” happen to them. Instead, they’re doing the work that arguably has been most critical all along: building direct connections with their readers. <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>404mediaco</span></a></span>'s <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jasonkoebler" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jasonkoebler</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@ProPublica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ProPublica</span></a></span>'s <span class="h-card"><a href="https://werd.social/@ben" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ben</span></a></span> join fediverse futurist <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> for a conversation about the discovery and sustainability of quality journalism.</p><p>Read more about the episode here: <a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jason-koebler-and-ben-werdmuller/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jason-koebler-and-ben-werdmuller/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">jason-koebler-and-ben-werdmuller/</span></a></p><p>Watch and listen at PeerTube here: <a href="https://flipboard.video/w/r7z6QY3dm5EqrFmDFkAgPY" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flipboard.video/w/r7z6QY3dm5EqrFmDFkAgPY"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.video/w/r7z6QY3dm5Eq</span><span class="invisible">rFmDFkAgPY</span></a>, or wherever you get your podcasts. </p><p><a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/flipboard/" rel="tag">#Flipboard</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/opensocialweb/" rel="tag">#OpenSocialWeb</a> <a href="/tags/mikemccue/" rel="tag">#MikeMcCue</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#Media</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/mediaindustry/" rel="tag">#MediaIndustry</a> <a href="/tags/propublica/" rel="tag">#ProPublica</a> <a href="/tags/404media/" rel="tag">#404Media</a></p>
<p>Ghost’s <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.xyz/@johnonolan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>johnonolan</span></a></span> and WordPress’s <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pfefferle</span></a></span> want to help blogs and long content thrive on the open social web. Meet “the longformers,” who chatted to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> for the latest edition of Dot Social. <br> <br><a href="https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="about.flipboard.com/fediverse/john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">about.flipboard.com/fediverse/</span><span class="invisible">john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/ghost/" rel="tag">#Ghost</a> <a href="/tags/wordpress/" rel="tag">#WordPress</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/federatedmedia/" rel="tag">#FederatedMedia</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a></p>
<p>Planning out the next season for Dot Social. Who would you most love to hear from? Which topics do you really want us to go deep on?</p><p><a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#dotsocial</a></p>
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<p>We’re kicking off season 3 of Dot Social with a conversation between our CEO, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span>, and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rileytestut" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rileytestut</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@shanegillio" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>shanegillio</span></a></span> of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@altstore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>altstore</span></a></span>. Watch the episode here, or listen wherever you get your podcasts: </p><p><a href="https://flipboard.video/videos/watch/c0dfea13-7f2a-402c-b47c-50ccd151554b" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flipboard.video/videos/watch/c0dfea13-7f2a-402c-b47c-50ccd151554b"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.video/videos/watch/c</span><span class="invisible">0dfea13-7f2a-402c-b47c-50ccd151554b</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a> <a href="/tags/opensocial/" rel="tag">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="/tags/altstore/" rel="tag">#AltStore</a> <a href="/tags/federation/" rel="tag">#Federation</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a></p>
<p>When TikTok’s future felt uncertain, Tori White saw an opportunity.<br>On the latest Dot Social, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.social/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> sits down with Skylight Social's CEO to talk about building a creator-first video platform on the AT Protocol. Watch the episode here, or find it wherever you get your podcasts. </p><p><a href="https://flipboard.video/w/c9tgxs6U6WonWJwAXYh9vH" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="flipboard.video/w/c9tgxs6U6WonWJwAXYh9vH"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">flipboard.video/w/c9tgxs6U6Won</span><span class="invisible">WJwAXYh9vH</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/dotsocial/" rel="tag">#DotSocial</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#Podcast</a> <a href="/tags/opensocial/" rel="tag">#OpenSocial</a> <a href="/tags/atproto/" rel="tag">#ATProto</a> <a href="/tags/atmosphereconf/" rel="tag">#ATmosphereConf</a> <a href="/tags/skylight/" rel="tag">#Skylight</a> <a href="/tags/tiktok/" rel="tag">#TikTok</a></p>
