@cwebberChristine Lemmer-Webber I have seen zero evidence that it is so, so my current operating assumption, which I share freely, is "in now way or shape or form".

They have - for the moment - implemented the protocol and platform (which are two things) in such a way as to cede control over some aspects of algorithmic feed manipulation to the user, but maintain final say on whatever they feel like, so far as I know, because there's no other way to run an open platform like that. This fact is how we came to have Section 230.

But basically, no, they are a single-entryway platform which requires huge sums of capital to live its short-ass lifespan, with enshittification as inevitable as the death of stars.

To those who choose it over this place, I get why, but I also know it's just a matter of time.