Gregory's Server
@futurebird this difference feels important
If social media is
— a low-grade private vice that we choose to indulge in —
then objecting to changes to the feed algorithm is like whinging about changes to the "extra ball" mechanics of your favorite pinball machine
But if the "social medium" is true to its etymology — a space for performing a society —
that objection is closer to raising concerns about a head shop opening next to a playground
@trochee
This it the underlying issue - that in "social media" we have allowed private space, public space, community, and commercial spaces to be smooshed together into one (and effectively privatised).
Pinball parlour, head shop, children's playground, or town square - all the same.
@futurebird