Itās been nearly a year since Instagram and Threads defaulted toĀ blocking recommendations of āpoliticalā contentĀ from accounts you donāt already follow, butĀ now Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says, āā¦weāre going to be adding political content to recommendationsā on both platforms.
Thatās a sharp turn fromĀ his statements in 2023laying out the goal of a āless angry place for conversationsā that wouldnāt do anything to encourage politics or hard news. However, under Metaās new approach to moderation ā and new rules aboutĀ what users can say on its platformsā that goal is going out the window just as the Trump administration prepares to take over.
Until now, users have had to opt-in to seeing recommendations of content deemed political, but the change rolling out this week in the US and to the rest of the world next week will turn on the recommendations and a content control setting available with options for less, standard (the default setting), and more.
In a series of Threads posts, MosseriĀ reiterated, āIāve maintained very publicly and for a long time that it not our place to show people political content from accounts they donāt follow,ā and that āitās proven impractical to draw a red line around what is and is not political content.ā
In aĀ video on Instagram,Ā he said that the push for political content ā particularly from users on Threads ā is āby the way, very different from the feedback we were getting only a few years ago about people feeling that they were overly exposed to political content on our platforms.ā Of course, according to theĀ Wall Street Journal, that was before Mark Zuckerberg experienced the effects of filters cutting down the reach of his post about recovering from a torn ACL and before Metaās new and friendlier-to-Trump policy chief took over.
Canāt say Iām surprised
Wellā¦
If youāre a Threads/Fediverse user you might want to consider taking a look at the instances that are federated with Threads depending on what you think about this news.
Based on this list, any instances you recommend? I did Lemmy.world because I had no clue what I was doing. Just deleted FB and IG accounts, so Iām ready for change!
Lemm.ee has been great to me. The instance owner and maintainer seems like a genuinely decent person. We refused to federate with threads but otherwise we federate with pretty much everyone and leave it up the user to decide what they want to be exposed to.
Thank you for the reply, checking out Lemm.ee and seeing how it goes. Looks like there is no official way to do it, but do you know of any way to export posts/comments from a Lemmy instance? Trying to decide if I delete this account or just leave it as is.
I havenāt found a way to do this or even know if it is possible, sorry.
Not a problem, I appreciate the input!
Hereās a couple that I think are good so far:
Iām recommending these based on:
Some will be more or less useful or interesting to you so honestly feel free to choose whichever you think fits best for youš¤
Thank you for the reply, Iāll definitely check some of these out. I am interested in fedipact if possible, but Iām gonna give lemm.ee a go for a while. Same question as the other comment, do you know of any way to export posts/comments from a Lemmy instance? Trying to decide if I delete this account or just leave it as is.
no worriesš¤
Unfortunately as far as I know this isnāt yet possible, someone please correct me if Iām wrong.
Currently my suggestion is to create a 2-way-link via your profile:
Currently the Voyager app doesnāt show profiles but your profile and links will show up on the Raccoon app
Hope this somewhat helps!
Thanks for sharing. Nice to know my Lemmy instance blocks them, but sad to see my Mastodon instance federating. I guess I should think about moving.