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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by charcircuit on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:09PM (#35097367)
>There was no "connecting people" reason for them to do it

Not all posts are equally important. If someone only has time to read 5 posts then they should see important life updates from their friends and what they are interested in and not just show you 5 posts from them same person about how much they enjoyed their dinner and how good it looked.

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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by rchaud on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:12PM (#35097427)
Absolutely nothing about FB is optimized for the "I only have 5 minutes" user. The whole point is to be constantly scrolling because FB intentionally doesn't tell you what you may have missed.
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Re:Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social network by charcircuit on Friday March 10, 2023 @12:21PM (#35097609)
I disagree and would say that it optimizes for both. I have no issue in seeing the most important pests at the top of my feed. Of course I can keep scrolling and find interesting posts, but were those posts actually important for me to see? Not really.
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