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Ha, I have the same feeling on the recent good_social_network vs. bad_social_network debate that kinda goes on in the US. Looking from outside, it always felt that the main problem is control, and wanting more of it. The details, principles and "politics" don't matter in the grand scheme of things, it's control that people want, even tho they paint it differently.

bad_social_network was good 10 years ago, because it was controlled by "a friend of ours". Now it's controlled by someone who's perceived as "a friend of theirs" and it's therefore bad. So the politik aktivists move to good_social_network, and rave about the good there. Echo chambers be damned, we have control. Until the next "friend of theirs" buys it out, and rinse and repeat. So silly.

>>Nitpic+(OP)
One of those social networks has a protocol and lets end users make their own feed algorithm and moderation system.

The other never has.

There can be technical differences between networks as well as social.