{"id":656621,"date":"2025-03-10T20:40:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/open-social-web-browser-surf-integrates-with-bluesky-in-latest-beta\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T20:40:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T17:40:14","slug":"open-social-web-browser-surf-integrates-with-bluesky-in-latest-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/open-social-web-browser-surf-integrates-with-bluesky-in-latest-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"#Open social web browser Surf integrates with Bluesky in latest beta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Surf<\/a>, the new app<\/a> from Flipboard for browsing the open social<\/a> web, is expanding its support for Bluesky\u2019s social network. On Monday, the company announced a new version of its beta software (dubbed \u201cBlue Wave\u201d) which allows users to log into the app using their Bluesky credentials and then see all their Bluesky feeds in Surf, including their following feed, discover feed, and any of the custom feeds they\u2019ve pinned in the Bluesky app. <\/p>\n

The new integration will also allow users to access other Bluesky sources when building their own custom feeds \u2014 like Bluesky\u2019s Starter Packs, which are lists of recommended followers that people build to help new users find connections. Other Bluesky sources, like Lists and Custom Feeds, are also available as sources.<\/p>\n

With the addition, Surf becomes an alternative to using the Bluesky app itself, as you\u2019re able to interact with posts from Bluesky\u2019s network by liking, replying to, and reposting them, while likes and replies from users on Bluesky\u2019s app also display in Surf.<\/p>\n

Explains Flipboard CEO Mike McCue, Surf gives you \u201cseamless access\u201d to anyone posting on Bluesky, Mastodon or Threads.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the social web coming to life and unifying the social web,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n

Plus, he sees apps like Surf as a good alternative to centralized social media, which is becoming filled with AI-generated content. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe AI overrun is just brutal,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is why I really think RSS is so important because it gives you access to all the best YouTube content, podcasts and news<\/a>letters from real people. By being explicit about the sources that you choose, and looking at people that you trust and what sources they\u2019ve recommended, it\u2019s the power of human connection to help filter away all the AI slop,\u201d McCue notes. <\/p>\n

Another new beta feature is a setup wizard that will guide you through the process of creating your own custom home feed in Surf \u2014 something the company aims to add to other custom feed creation tools further down the road.<\/p>\n

Here, you can design your own universal timeline of sorts, by combining feeds from Mastodon and Bluesky, including your following feeds or other custom feeds, like Bluesky\u2019s \u201cPopular with Friends\u201d or \u201cDiscover.\u201d<\/p>\n

The setup wizard will also let you filter out content you don\u2019t want to see in these feeds, like politics. There are even toggle switches to hide posts about Donald Trump or Elon Musk, if you\u2019d prefer a more escapist feed. <\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of people I\u2019ve personally spoken with are like\u2026I use Bluesky to get away from the news. And I don\u2019t want to read about Elon. I don\u2019t want to hear any politics,\u201d McCue explains. <\/p>\n

Where Surf already shines is its ability to help you build your own topical feeds that combine posts from across open social networks and other open protocols like RSS. The latter allows you to add sources like news websites, blogs, podcasts, and YouTube channels to your custom feeds. <\/p>\n

For example, one of McCue\u2019s feeds, \u201cTech Builders and Thinkers,\u201d includes individuals whose accounts are on Mastodon, Bluesky, and YouTube. <\/p>\n

The idea is to follow the people and the topics you\u2019re interested in, without limiting yourself to a single platform.<\/p>\n

For now, all feeds are public by default, allowing users to follow feeds that others have built. In time, however, McCue says your feeds will be private so you can pick and choose which ones you want to share more broadly.<\/p>\n

You can also tweak the design and layout of the feeds you build, setting their cover image and background color, as well as picking which tab is their default. <\/p>\n

You can have feeds that look more like a Twitter\/X timeline by setting them to the \u201cDiscuss\u201d view, or if you\u2019d rather have them focused on images, audio, videos, or articles, you can choose other views, like \u201cLook,\u201d \u201cListen,\u201d \u201cWatch,\u201d or \u201cRead,\u201d respectively.<\/p>\n

Today, a number of developers are building TikTok-like or Instagram-like apps for Bluesky, which change how you view Bluesky\u2019s content by focusing on a particular type of media. With Surf, you can get the same results without the need for a separate app and without limiting yourself to only Bluesky content. <\/p>\n

The Surf Blue Wave beta update was first demonstrated at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, and will roll out to existing testers. The company will also be letting in a new wave of beta testers with this release. Surf will later exit Apple\u2019s TestFlight testing platform so the app can reach beyond the limit of 10,000 testers that Apple imposes.<\/p>\n

The company is also working on bringing the currently iOS-only Surf app to the web. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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