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No. I don't want curated shit or suggestions. I want my friends, as in the people I know, and the shit they say unweighted by a partial judge that i've never (and can never) meet. That's it. I don't want what an algo decides what their best of is, I just want to keep in touch with people I know. Most people I know would say the same.

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I think maybe the idea is you can choose your experience based on what's best for you, if the system is built that way.

And certainly people are capable of implementing algo-based clients. Heck, have them scrape your personal web and email and whatever activity, keeping it all local.

you dont get my point at all. if you follow lots of people you will end up being drown in whoever posts the most instead of stuff that you actually want to see. if you follow 2 people sure this would never be a problem for you.

I understand you, I just disagree. Maybe a conscious selection by user for post activity would be appropriate, but the current algorithmic solutions we see on mainstream platforms are trash. The default view of your 'friend feed' should be flat and unbiased.

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