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Re:RSS as a Facebook alternative by anonporridge on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @08:02PM (#26406553)
The alternative is trusting someone (or something) else, who's values, motives, and incentives are rarely obvious, to curate your news for you.

Even if you could find a curator that you have significant faith in, eventually, they will become a centralized target that powerful interests can carrot or stick in various ways to push their interests into your curated feed.

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Re:RSS as a Facebook alternative by justapassenger on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @09:16PM (#26406986)
You’re 100% describing how news organizations operate, that are source of the actual news. They have same initiatives. Skipping middle man curator leaves you with same fundamental problems.
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