Algorithms aren't the enemy. Chronological feeds don't scale and the signal-to-noise ratio will plummet if this ever gets popular. The real problems with today's algorithmic feeds are non-transparency, lack of choice, and optimizing for engagement instead of healthy discourse.

Open-source is a perfect opportunity to fix all this. Have there been any efforts to create a Mastodon instance with a (community governed) ranking algorithm? Is that technically feasible? Or is the idea simply anathema?

Harvard forces out its first Black President
Duke ends full scholarships for Black students
Columbia arrests students protesting war crimes
USC bans brown Muslim valedictorian from speaking
Supreme Court ends all affirmative action admissions

Yet Jim Crow legacy remains in tact

I can't qwhite put my finger on the difference.🤔