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[–] 29 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Kill the engagement algorithm. Your feed should contain a chronological list of posts made by people you subscribe to. In one stroke you could end the doomscroll - not just for kids, but for everybody. Also, infinite scrolling should be banned.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Your feed should contain a chronological list of posts made by people you subscribe to

    Should that be the only way the feed should be organised by law?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    in my opinion, yes. the point is to make it less addictive- and this will take away some of the ‘fun’ without isolating kids. social media is entertainment that has been branded and marketed as an essential by the people getting rich off it. i find plenty of good things on youtube without ever signing in - i just search for them. if youtube or whoever wants to use its own ad space to promote channels, i think that is probably ok - provided that the choice is not personalized by an algorithm.

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