@frostotron@tenforward.social There's another part of this you need to remember- Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, Youtube: They don't charge you for the service they provide. We're not their customers.

Advertising companies are their customers. Advertisers want an "Advertiser Friendly" platform- that means getting rid of certain things that may have helped define a particular website in it's earlier days. That's the way capitalism works, unfortunately.

It goes to show how a federated network like Mastodon is superior for the user. Every one of us can decide where we go in terms of our local neighborhood and only follow those people outside our neighborhood that we choose. Nothing is given to you as "Toot of the Week" or "Trending, Follow this person who paid us.".

AT least, not yet. We'll see what the future brings!