The part where Mastodon is mentioned:
Use platforms and platform features that let you control your experience - Instagram’s ‘Following’ feed, YouTube’s Subscriptions page, Bluesky, Mastodon and RSS feeds
There ya go.
this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2025
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The idea behind mentioning specific YouTube and Instagram content is that you only view content you selected, not fed.
That is kind of a bitch since you need to find content for starters.
Following feed on insta returns to suggested every time you close the app
Discussion on HN is where I saw this for the first time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43302132
Mastodon link: https://mastodon.social/@tomusher
It used to be TV, controlled by governments (either "good" or "bad" governments), now it's "asocial" networks that make you think what they want.
There used to be a "you decide what to do" internet, that was literally assaulted by big corp which are almost the new governments now.
I love (/s) how YouTube went from "If you want to see new content from this guy subscribe" to "If you want to see new content from this guy subscribe and click the bell icon" to "If you want to see new content from this guy subscribe and click the other, bell icon that will notify you about ALL new content (until we find a reason to filter that as well)"
When are we going to call algorithms what they are, automatic editors. Names need to be attached to algorithms can be blame for radicalisation
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