Building the internet you want to find, with Search Engine's PJ Vogt

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Dot Social’s Mike McCue talks to PJ Vogt, host of the Search Engine podcast. PJ is also a co-founder of the Forkiverse, a Mastodon instance launched with the Hard Fork team as an experiment in community and a concrete way to show how a decentralized social network can work. The conversation is a timely reminder that the internet is still something we can — and should — build together. Highlights include: 01:50 The Forkiverse origin story 06:37 “The best way to talk about this is to try it” 14:30 Reactions to The Forkiverse 19:52 Social media as IRL social gathering 22:13 RSS podcasting: strengths and how fediverse helps with hard parts 25:08 Thinking about further integrations 27:52 Great promises of the fediverse 30:04 Slowing down and trying new things 33:04 Next steps for The Forkiverse 36:20 PJ’s answer to the “media apocalypse” 39:22 How PJ got discovered 42:10 Search Engine’s amazing sound design 45:00 The quality of media now 46:46 Reasons for creators to join the fediverse Mentioned in this episode: - The Forkiverse social network: https://theforkiverse.com/ - “How do we survive the media apocalypse”: https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/how-do-we-survive-the-media-apocalypse - “The Chairs Are Where the People Go": https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780865479456/thechairsarewherethepeoplego/ 🔎 You can find PJ @pj@theforkiverse.com ✚ Connect with host Mike McCue at @mike@flipboard.social and @mmccue.bsky.social. 🌊 Catch the wave! Surf the open social web and create your own custom feeds at surf.social, a new product from the people at Flipboard. https://about.surf.social/

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