Found this post super informative as it relates to Mastodon, and thought Lemmy might also benefit from this perspective. I'm not sure I share his optimism, but his points seem sound to dampen some of the alarm bells over Meta joining the Fediverse.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] MusketeerX 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah I've been taking a similar approach, to social media. I've avoided the algorithm.

I mean, I don't really do social media in the usual sense, never had Facebook, nor Instagram. I did have a Twitter account but I used it to follow certain accounts and didn't tweet, so it was basically an RSS feed. I used a 3rd party app and only saw my subs, no ads, no suggested/promoted posts.

Same for Reddit, used a 3rd party app, no ads, no suggested/promoted posts, I only ever read a feed of my subs.

My Reddit and Twitter subs/follows have been mostly hobbies, niche areas of interest, products I own, sports etc. no politics or news discussions. So I've really avoided being exposed to most of that toxicity I keep reading about.

This is why losing 3rd party apps was a big deal for me. I don't want to read sponsored/promoted/suggested posts or ads. I'd rather not use the service at all if I have to.

That's why I've fully moved to Lemmy and Mastodon.