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1. INACTIVE (deadsuperhero@social.nasqueron.org)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2017 03:31:17 EDT INACTIVE

   @Nynotna This is a hard sell, but decentralized networks could be capable of providing high levels of engagement due to smaller user communities that are engaged in the niche, which can concentrate variably across instances.

   Additionally, the fediverse is not yet subject to promoted content that dominates the feeds of other networks. No ads, no celebrity super accounts, and the brands that are active are usually organic to FOSS, which is a fundamental part of the Free Network.

   1. mike (mike@loadaverage.org)'s status on Saturday, 04-Nov-2017 04:59:03 EDT mike

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      I would rather have honest conversation with one or two people than algorithmically generated "engagement" content with a hundred people any day.
      
      You're shown content that is designed to make you (personally) react and in so doing provide the network operators with more information about what consistently makes you react. Their algorithms learn more about how to control you with every click you make. The guy next door sees entirely different content based on what makes him react. Nowhere are you provided a choice in what you are shown. The network operators can use this information to sell you anything from toothpaste to presidents. Make no mistake, the algorithms know you better than your wife and children. They know exactly what you're going to do. Any illusion of choice is just that - an illusion. You're following the bread trail they designed and laid out for you.
      
      On the free web we generally show you content that you have chosen to view. That's it. The algorithms are under your control and if you suspect otherwise, you are free dump that site or dump that piece of software and go elsewhere.