@warandpeas

The driving force behind the difference here on #Mastodon is that there are no ads... and therefore no #algorithm (needed for tracking data to focus sales)... and therefore no divisive content & trolls being pushed into your feed, in order to increase screen time with anger-baiting & click-baiting.

Ad-based platforms inherently NEED divisiveness.

"No ads" means negative feed and trolls are not promoted.

For people who have only used centralized platforms, it doesn't make sense how things work out so well here. How could a #federated platform possibly police content without a corporate oligrach-overseer? Why is it not all porn and Nazis in the #Fediverse?

They don't understand that the system (mostly) polices itself, simply by not promoting destructive & dangerous content in the first place. There is no profit in promoting hate here.

#TheFediverse #TheFutureIsFederated

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