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Re:twitter/the-algorithm by bscphil on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:26PM (#31161582)
> That's why people on the far right keep starting lame Twitter alternatives. You don't see people on the far left doing that.

They don't need to because they have cool Twitter alternatives. Like Mastodon.

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Re:twitter/the-algorithm by Yoric on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:28PM (#31161613)
Which is also the Trump alternative, iirc. Just the far left seems to respect the license.
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Re:twitter/the-algorithm by vrfvr on Monday April 25, 2022 @06:32PM (#31161667)
No, it's not THE trump alternative.

It existed before.

Open source, such that anyone can use it

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Re:twitter/the-algorithm by Yoric on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @03:21AM (#31164896)
I meant used by the Trump alternative.
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Re:twitter/the-algorithm by bscphil on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @05:55PM (#31173669)
That's fair, although part of the reason I call Mastodon the "cool" alternative is because of its federation. AFAIK the right wing forks don't generally have that.
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