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Re:Show HN: Slow Social, a social network built for friends,... by civilized on Saturday April 16, 2022 @06:18PM (#31056572)
This is exactly what I was trying to say in my other post.

Currently I suspect the logic behind social media engagement algorithms is something like "feed the user more of what they have clicked on in the past". But in real life, I don't just do more of what I did in the past. Sometimes I choose to do different things. But in legacy social media like FB I can't choose to be offered anything different than what I clicked on in the past. I can't ask for the culture wars and political hot takes to fuck off so I can see normal friends and family posts (or vice versa).

This lack of choice in what we're offered is what's essentially inhuman about legacy social media.

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