Hatred towards the patron of Tesla, Elon Muskcan reach very high and worrying peaks. While Donald Trump’s councilor, with his social X, tries to expand the freedom of expression and discussion, on the other hand there are those who, clearly influenced by ideology, try to tappar his mouth. Or at least to hide his statements from users. It is Surfthe new application developed by Flipboard Inc. which acts as a browser for the “open social web”.
Available in Beta version from 18 December 2024, this app has the merit of allowing users to create and share personalized feeds that combine sources and contacts from different social platforms. A way to use different applications, import the different accounts and, at the same time, create a wealthy social bulletin board in a single platform. Until here nothing to complain. The real node of the matter comes when, among the multiple functions available, the app also allows you to HIDE And change all the posts signed Elon Musk.
No beating error. Surf shows an option that directly attacks the owner of X, Elon Musk. The last update, in particular, introduces a guided configuration for a feed that extracts content from Mastodon and Bluesky, and one of the steps involves the selection of the themes to be excluded. Beyond “politics” And “news”, we even see a “Escape Elon”also called “Hide the posts on you know who”. The Techcrunch site has in fact identified a voice between the various menus that reads “Escape Elon “.
Its function is soon called: through the activation of this simple item, Elon Musk’s social posts are easily and automatically hidden.
Mike McCueCEO of Flipboard, justified the choice as follows: “Many people I have talked to personally are like …” I use bluesky to get away from the news. And I don’t want to read about Elon. I don’t want to hear politics“. A choice that, net of political positions, will discuss the liberal and democratic principles.