Flipboard Launches Surf App to Curate Feeds Across Decentralized Social Platforms

The new app, now in public beta, allows users to create custom feeds integrating Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, RSS, and more, aiming to reshape the social web experience.

• Flipboard's Surf app, described as a 'browser for the social web,' is now available in public beta for iPhone, Android, and iPad with a waitlist for access.
• Surf enables users to create and share custom feeds that integrate content from decentralized platforms like Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, as well as RSS feeds, podcasts, and YouTube videos.
• The app emphasizes feed creation and curation, offering tools to filter and organize content by topics, hashtags, or specific sources, while allowing contributions from other users.
• Surf currently supports Mastodon sign-ins for interactive features, with plans to add Bluesky and Threads sign-in capabilities to enhance cross-platform functionality.
• Future updates aim to allow publishing feeds to the federated web, enabling broader access beyond Surf users, and to explore monetization options for creators and publishers.

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