A very detailed article about the whole Meta (Instagram/Threads) vs. Fediverse discussions. It’s a long read, but well-worth it if you’re interested in the subject.

  • aksdb@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    It has little to do with corporate or not corporate.

    It does a little. Because controversy sells better. And scandals are free marketing. So these platforms thrive off this shitty content. At a minimum they tolerate it. Maybe they even actively push it.

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      1 year ago

      Given that they default to showing an algorithmically curated feed, instead of just by most recent, a strong argument can be made that they’re actively pushing the content you see.

      But the guy above is right, it’s more about the choice of affiliation. Certain communities will want their privacy just by their nature.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, they’re not pushing it because it matches some far-right authoritarian ideology Meta itself has, they’re pushing it because conservatives taunting libs who fall for it and try to talk reason into conservatives drives tons of engagement.