“I’m no expert”

Opinion terminated.

That’s probably because Google are deliberately nerfing your viewing because you are using an ad blocker.

They tell you as much in the little pop up.

Fringe.

Not for everyone, but if it is for you, you’ll adore it.

You can chose to hide posts.

That might be based on a keyword, for example, “Trump”, or based on tages such as NSFW.

You can always chose to see these posts again.

What client are you using?

On Voyager there is a tab at the top to switch between all and “home”. Home is just the subs you subscribe to.

And that’s all cool… But it is weird to take that choice away from users.

Much like here, a quick browse of all introduces me to a wider world with different concerns. It’s how I find stuff.

And I’m pretty sure what you do is possible here… What are you having a problem with?

I found out today that they have removed r/all from the mobile platforms.

The one unifying feed… Heaven for it folk experience consensus media or have a shared experience.

By slicing it all up they can tweak individual algorithms to push more jank than ever. No longer do they have to game the system to get AstroTurfed Ads on the front page.

Actually, didn’t they used to call themselves the “front page of the internet”? How does that work if no one sees the same page?

“There are no ways to prevent such attacks except when the user’s VPN runs on Linux or Android.”

So there are ways.

Hey, the idea might have been a bit dodgy, but you are made of better stuff.

Credit to you.

No moderation without representation. IOW: mods should be democratically elected.

Yeah, no.

Don’t turn this into a popularity contest. One that can be bought and cheesed.

Who has time for oversight on that? Why not voter id too.

Is this first past the post or proportional representation?

Term limits, right? Does that include a hand over? How much of their term will be spent getting up to speed?

Where is the incentive to someone starting their own community if it is going to be taken from them when they’ve put in hard work for no money. Should they not be rewarded for their labour?

Will the inherent democratisation of communities alter the content posted on them? Should we place bans in meta-political posts that support only the incumbent mod?

What if they choose not to leave? Insurrection? Send in the troops?

My friend, I say this genuinely, you are trying to police the internet. Don’t. It’s a folly.

You have the power to walk away. You have the power to start your own community.

Do it and run it better.

And back to the democracy thing… Democracy is a wonderful thing in the governance of human civilization… It’s not a fix for every situation you encounter that you don’t like. It often means instead of having one asshole to deal with you’ll get a carousel of different assholes on a regular basis.