How Flipboard's new Surf app lets you merge social feeds, YouTube, and RSS to escape the algorithm - finally

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Can a new social network make it? Flipboard Surf has a shot.
• Surf combines social networks with text, video, and audio feeds.
• Think of Surf as the anti-algorithm, anti-AI-slop social network.

I'll give Flipboard, the once-popular tablet news aggregator site, credit for chutzpah. 

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After a year in beta, its new Android app and website, Surf, go beyond simple news aggregation to incorporate content from social networking protocols like ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and good old Real Simple Syndication (RSS), enabling you to craft custom feeds blending posts and blogs from social networks such as Mastodon, Bluesky, and Threads. 

But, wait, there's more

Surf also lets you blend in podcasts and YouTube channels, making it a ...