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@atomicpoet @mike @surf whoa. @ben shades of https://lu.is/2013/04/why-feed-reading-is-an-open-web-problem-and-what-browsers-could-do-about-it/

@luis_in_brief @atomicpoet @surf @ben 100%! Feed reading has always been a second class citizen on the web which is a shame.

@luis_in_brief @atomicpoet @surf @ben Further to this: I think that feeds are to the social web as websites are to the web.

There are a variety of feed categories emerging on the social web which I'm really excited about:

- News feeds
- Hashtag feeds
- RSS feeds
- Podcast feeds
- Photo feeds
- Video feeds
- Group/community feeds
- Q&A/forum feeds
- Magazine feeds from Flipboard
- Personalized algorithmic feeds written by developers like Mutuals, Quiet posters, etc.

On the social web feeds can be public or private. They can have approved contributors or enable anyone to contribute. They can be free or have subscription access. They can include posts from protocols like ActivityPub, AT Proto and RSS and they can be federated outwardly using any of those protocols as well.

And what's truly awesome is that they can be readily mixed together into hybrid feeds to match very specific audiences and communities. For example: FilmFeed from @davidimel shows just photos and videos from curated film photographers.

https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jehge3c6f25c4czggc3xy0s8