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> I like mastodon, but it has been described as going to a quiet restaurant only to be handed a meat cleaver and an oven.

I like how a non-algo'd website is now basically being described as a massive pain

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Suppose it depends on what you're used to. I started using Twitter in 2007 (no algorithm) and moved to accessing it pretty much exclusively by third party app by around 2010, and I bailed out shortly before Naughty ol' Mr Car killed the API, so I've ~no direct exposure to The Algorithm(TM); Mastodon thus suited me fine. But if you're used to an algorithm, I suppose Threads may suit better.

I wonder if the internet is splitting in two, those you interact with and those you doomscroll?

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