[not_your_vase]

Facebook & co are not garbage because of the protocol they use.

They are garbage because of a key ingredient: humans, who generate the content.

Coincidentally, these humans are the same in all platforms, it doesn't matter if the platform is owned by the ugly and stinky Mark, or good smelling and handsome Jack.

And I have yet to meet a single person, who uses a service because of the protocol behind, and not because of the content or tangible features of the service.

[contrapunctus]

At the risk of stating the blatantly obvious...

Centralized architecture allows centralized control, notably over promotion and moderation. Facebook, Twitter/X, and other centralized platforms are absolutely responsible for what they promote and what they moderate. That someone could state otherwise staggers belief.

Decentralized architectures allow for more freedom of providers, content promotion and moderation policies, and apps.

To sum, the protocol and architecture changes everything.

Also, plenty of software freedom activists choose platforms based on protocol and architecture. Myself included, so you've now met at least one. :)

[not_your_vase]

  > Also, plenty of software freedom activists choose platforms based on protocol and architecture. Myself included, so you've now met at least one. :)

Would you still choose that particular platform, if nobody from your social circle used it? If yes, how do you use social media, if not for communicating with your social circle?

[contrapunctus]

I tell people to join it, and I help them join it.

Here's an example of the steps I take to engage in such advocacy for XMPP. https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide...