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Re:Slow Social Media by tayo42 on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @02:22AM (#45272405)
I think banning algorithm based feeds is a start

Getting rid of any non personal accounts also. So no companies, brands, or meme accounts, and accounts that exist for non personal content only.

Re:Slow Social Media by asukachikaru on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @03:35AM (#45272951)
Never thought about it but banning non personal accounts sounds like a good start. I doubt such social media would gain any meaningful popularity though.
Re:Slow Social Media by haijo2 on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @06:20AM (#45273964)
Lol it would be dead. IG is running off of the fact that people utilise its platform to make money... I dont see how this is going to be practical.
Re:Slow Social Media by HankStallone on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @12:32PM (#45278042)
It's not, that's why people want a regulatory body to do it. The only way to get people to use such a system would be to regulate the current ones out of existence.
Re:Slow Social Media by duxup on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @09:50AM (#45275843)
I've seen a lot of algorithm type proposed legislation, sorting by date is an algorithm ... I kinda want that.

I think legislating what is good and bad math is going to be exceptionally difficult.

Re:Slow Social Media by carlesfe on Friday September 19, 2025 @09:40AM (#45301576)
Banning them is a bit harsh and unrealistic, as they allow the platform to be monetized.

Here's my random idea: all commercial accounts must be labeled as such, and people should be able to opt-out from seeing any post by such accounts - except ads because, as I said, not allowing a platform to monetize is unrealistic.