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0 pointsWD-421mo ago0 comments

This. If people are looking for freedom, the thing to do is to stop using TikTok or anything like it, not to make a federated version of it.

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amelius1mo ago

A federated version could provide a path away from addictive and polarizing content, and endless viewing.

CharlesW1mo ago

Exactly, BlueSky demonstrates that it's not the form, but the engagement-at-any-cost feed algorithms without user-controllable knobs.

WD-42OP1mo ago

Bluesky proved no such thing. Merge bluesky with truth social and you’d be back to the same thing again. Both platforms are just full of people retreating into smaller bubbles, the underlying issues are still there just less common.

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