After over a year of testing, news curation and discovery app Flipboard has launched \u201csocial websites\u201d through the company\u2019s Surf reader app. The open-source initiative
\nis designed to provide creators and publishers with a new way to connect with users on decentralized platforms.<\/p>\n
Now available on the web and the Google Play store, Through Flipboard\u2019s Surf.social app, users can build their advertisement<\/p>\n advertisement<\/p>\n Users have the option to create and share their custom feeds or simply check out what other users have created While followers are not prioritized on social websites, Bluesky
\nFlipboard\u2019s social websites feature real-time information by bringing together social posts, videos, podcasts, newsletters and community conversations into one space that \u201ccreators own and
\ncontrol,\u201d per the company\u2019s announcement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\ncustomizable feeds by adding profiles and creators from open social web platforms like Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads, as well as YouTube, podcasts, blogs, and articles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nfor themselves. In creating a feed, users can add favorite sources, assign a community hashtag, set filters, make aesthetic decisions, and assign a custom domain, ultimately making it a website
\nsearchable outside the Surf.social platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nand Mastodon users can sign in using their established accounts and comment, like, and share content they find on Surf.<\/p>\n