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@lina When I say the platform, I don’t mean the moderation policy. Depending on the instance you’re in, you may or may not say that.

What I mean by “the platform” is the platform’s goals. When people moved from Twitter in 2022, they came here saying how awful it was that the platform gave prominence and visibility to certain accounts because confrontation was good for it.

I called that bullshit because 1) if something made me angry or depressed, I wouldn’t be interacting with it, and that lack of interaction is bad for business. And 2) most platforms allow one to curate their experience, Twitter included. If you see stuff that makes you angry and you feel the need to respond and escalate, that’s on you.