Damus
node · 148w
I get that. Still doesn’t make the Twitter algorithm a net good for the user experience. Take the Instagram algo for example, it’s been shown to create mental health issues in adolescent girls…...
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Open protocols *could* have algorithms, but you would be allowed to *choose* them.

Entire books are written about how big tech manipulates people with algorithms, over which you have no control.

Yes YouTube might give you some new content that you like, but it's mostly going to keep you in your bubble.

Already Nostr has a way to "swap" all of your follows for someone else's set, in just a few clicks.

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star · 148w
You could swap who you follow on whatever app you like... And sure “open protocols” don’t have to have algorithms, or they could have them and you could choose between them, as you say. But, again, that’s potentially the same with any app… an implementation like Damus could have an algorit...