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Instagram never directly told users it was limiting political content by default.

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[–] Shouted 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you’re a normal functioning human being then seeing less political news on social media is a good thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but that should be your choice to make, not Facebook.

[–] Shouted 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

And you’re free to change it. It’s simply a default. What’s your problem?

Don’t like that it’s a default? Don’t use threads. Pretty simple decision making well adjusted humans are capable of doing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The issue is not with Threads. The issue is with existing service Instagram, adding new settings and setting a default to exclude previously existing content. It's equivalent to Lemmy disabling all feed and limiting you to local, while saying you are free to change in the settings.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

This is why tiktok is so dangerous to the status quo, and why people are drawn to it.