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[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

It's nice when the primary goal of the owners and mods and aligns with the users.

Chasing profit is the worst mechanism in so many cases. One of those cases is when competition is by nature very limited. Social media kind of fails unless you have very few places to go. And you're locked in if your friends are all on the same offering.