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By opt-out they mean opt-in to a government curated algorithm, no doubt.
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Some doubt, actually. From the Guardian's reporting:

> Under the plan – dubbed “my feed, my way” – users opting out of the algorithm will see content only from individuals and groups they have actively chosen to follow.

> Users would be asked what they want their default feed to be through a pop-up message provided on their platform of choice.


So I should look forward to the day I see my Reddit feed free of r/Fauxmoi propaganda? Or does Reddit get a free pass like it has with age verification? Because we're still able to browse Reddit without an account, for starters. They had a popup that it required an account to browse for about a week, then they reverted back to allowing everyone to browse without one because they lost too many viewers.

But this also highlights a greater problem: If you're allowing people to browse social media platforms without accounts, what algorithm applies in that case? Is that the government curated feed? Or is that the rage-bait feed designed to spur engagement and sign-ups?


This sounds like heaven, actually.

I don't care enough about this issue to form any opinions on the impacts to free speech or anything like that, but being able to choose to a social media feed that's entirely from the users I follow would be fantastic. What a dramatic quality-of-life improvement.


A return to actual social media!

I wonder in what creative ways they'll maliciously conform.


By government curated, you mean business curated, no doubt.



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