Mastodon is interoperable, decentralized, operated by a nonprofit, lively, and, ACTUALLY, isn't hard to use. So why is everyone championing Threads as the main Twitter alternative?
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Algorithms are not inherently bad.
No but the ones employed by corporate social media companies are and that’s what the guy you’re replying to was referring to.
Yes, but some sort of algorithms are going to be inherently needed in a social media platform, where as the advertisement is not necessarily.
Corporate algorithms meant to influence people are bad. Algorithms in general are unavoidable