Dot Social
by Mike McCue
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Building the internet you want to find, with Search Engine's PJ Vogt
Building the internet you want to find, with Search Engine's PJ Vogt
About this podcast
Learn about the Internet’s next wave on the open social web and what it will unlock for how we connect, communicate, and innovate online. Hosted by Flipboard CEO Mike McCue.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 27 episodes
- Building the internet you want to find, with Search Engine's PJ Vogt · 51 min · Episode 27PJ Vogt didn't set out to build a social network. But when the Search Engine and the Hard Fork teams launched the Forkiverse — a Mastodon instance for their listeners — thousands…
- Mastodon’s First and Next 10 Years, with Executive Director Felix Hlatky · 56 min · Episode 26From a UI overhaul to collections and groups, Mastodon’s Felix Hlatky is laying the groundwork for the fediverse’s most ambitious decade yet.
- Why Open Social Matters for Creators, with Skylight’s Tori White · 47 min · Episode 25Skylight CEO Tori White turned TikTok's uncertain future into an opportunity, building a creator-first video platform on the AT Protocol that puts creators fully in charge.
- AltStore and the Indie App Renaissance, with Shane Gill and Riley Testut · 59 min · Episode 24After Apple rejected their app, Riley Testut and Shane Gill built AltStore — an independent app store that gives indie developers new ways to distribute software, connect with…
- Rediscovering the Magic of the Blogosphere, with John O’Nolan and Matthias Pfefferle · 56 min · Episode 23Ghost’s John O’Nolan and WordPress’s Matthias Pfefferle want to help blogs and long content thrive on the open social web. Meet “the longformers.”
- Digital Sovereignty Is the New Influencer Status, with Citation Needed's Molly White · 1 h 3 min · Episode 22Thanks to the open web, it’s more viable than ever for creators to take back ownership and control of their work, their audience, and their livelihood. No one knows this better…
- Architecting a New Era of Community, with Blacksky’s Rudy Fraser · 59 min · Episode 21Built on the AT Protocol, Blacksky isn’t tethered to the Bluesky app or team. Founder Rudy Fraser is carving out an independent, replicable model—one made possible by the…
- Move Fast and Break Kings, with Cory Doctorow · 1 h 1 min · Episode 20Recorded live at the Fediverse House at SXSW 2025, author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow breaks down the concept of “enshittification” and explores how we can challenge…
- Creating an ATmosphere of Possibility, with Bluesky’s Paul Frazee · 47 min · Episode 19Recorded live at the Fediverse House at SXSW '25, Bluesky CTO Paul Frazee explains how the company, powered by the AT Protocol, is rethinking the internet’s architecture to…
- Turning Moments Into Movements, with Hashtag Inventor Chris Messina · 1 h 1 min · Episode 18Chris Messina goes wide to explain where this next 20-year cycle of the internet is taking us. From the community-organzing power of the hashtag to decentralization and the…
- Leaving the City of Big Social, with Fediverse Enthusiast Chris Trottier · 47 min · Episode 17Chris is an early adopter who makes smart observations and has a 10,000-foot view of all the innovation happening on the open social web — not to mention a few ideas of his own.
- Making Better Networks for Humans, with Erin Kissane and Darius Kazemi · 56 min · Episode 16When it comes to the wellbeing of the fediverse, Erin Kissane and Darius Kazemi are big thinkers, tireless researchers, community practitioners, and thoughtful human beings.
- How Decentralization Benefits Publishers, with 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and ProPublica’s Ben Werdmuller · 53 min · Episode 15Newsrooms need to build direct relationships with their communities, and the fediverse is one way to do this. Hear from two men at the forefront of the future of publishing.
- How the Open Social Web Will Change Everything, with Bluesky’s Jay Graber · 59 min · Episode 14Bluesky founder and CEO Jay Graber illustrates what it looks like to free our social identities from large walled gardens and leverage open source software for a better internet.
- The Fediverse’s Trust and Safety Warriors, with Samantha Lai and Jaz-Michael King · 56 min · Episode 13The fediverse represents an opportunity to rethink how trust and safety works in social media. But how, and what should we still be worried about? Two experts — the Executive…
- This Publishing Platform Sees the Future, with Ghost’s John O’Nolan · 1 h 6 min · Episode 12Ghost founder and CEO John O’Nolan wants to build a tech company that plays by different rules. Learn how ActivityPub is enabling a publishing platform with sustainability at its…
- Entering a New Phase of the Web, with Citation Needed’s Molly White · 49 min · Episode 11Molly White is a leading cryptocurrency critic, but she’s anything but cynical. The force behind the Citation Needed newsletter and Web3IsGoingGreat shares her thoughts on how…
- Building Bridges to the Fediverse, with Bridgy Fed’s Ryan Barrett · 1 h 1 min · Episode 10Ryan Barrett opened a new chapter for the Fediverse. His work to bridge Bluesky and Mastodon inflamed passions about what decentralized social media should be and for whom.
- Threads Has Entered the Fediverse, with Meta’s Rachel Lambert and Peter Cottle · 41 min · Episode 9Threads’ presence in the fediverse has been the elephant in the room since it was announced last July. Now that it’s actually happening, there is as much skepticism as…
- Moving the Fediverse Forward at FediForum and Beyond, with Johannes Ernst of Dazzle Labs · 44 min · Episode 8Entrepreneur and FediForum co-founder Johannes Ernst has a 10,000-foot view of how the fediverse is evolving and what needs to be done next.
