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It's wild how social media outside of the fediverse has deteriorated. You have followers, but if your post doesn't please some opaque algorithm, they'll never see what you post. You have to avoid certain words to please the algorithm. If you refresh the page good luck finding the same posts again. And people put up with it.

washingtonpost.com/technology/

The Washington Post · Don’t say ‘vote’: How Instagram hides your political postsBy Geoffrey A. Fowler
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@Gargron if you voice an idea anywhere left of Ronald Reagan, you're shadow banned.