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Re:Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative by kajaktum on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @07:54PM (#34075261)
I am pretty sure all form of public social media is toxic. If you give people:

1. a platform to speak their mind (basically can type anything) 2. is public (as opposed to private like Discord servers)

then you will get everything bad about social media even without the for-profit incentives.

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Re:Mozilla to Explore Healthy Social Media Alternative by fanso99 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @08:02PM (#34075345)
Yes, with one caveat: without algorithmic feeds users tend to form natural circles just like in real life. This dramatically reduces toxicity. Just let people post whatever they want and follow whoever they want. If a social media company will not attempt to mix and promote random high engagement content, users will far less likely discover it by themselves and engage in toxic behavior.
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