I like the article,l and the first thing I thought was the same as you;
To manually help the recommendations algo by assigning 'not interested' tags BUT leaving this as standard routine for billions of users is not a effective option and has indeed measureable affects on society while misusing human behavior to collect money from advertisers. As it boils down again in the root of the money system behavior, to manipulate and collect money. It is not intended to do so.
I like the article to just acknowledge the fact as status quo. Understanding the system means to deliberate from it in the first place before asking how anything can achieve a better purpose for society in general.
On a deeper level I guess it's even more about the understanding how our subconscious mind is modeled in society and how we unconscious select information in our daily activities. I mean the whole mass and every individual itself.
I'd suggest the main challenge is in breaking out of echo chambers. It's healthy to engage with people you (respectfully) disagree with. Not doing so can easily lead to misinformation being spread amongst like-minded people.
owning your own pub is cool, but most of us don't bother because you really don't need one to use the system. Well, you don't need _your own_.
There's active work going on to improve the support for private groups.
if you do want to set up a pub i'd recommend ssb-pub. It's trivial to get up and running (but is command line only). easy-ssb-pub provides a web UI that your friends could request invites from but it needs some TLC right now.
I like the article to just acknowledge the fact as status quo. Understanding the system means to deliberate from it in the first place before asking how anything can achieve a better purpose for society in general.
On a deeper level I guess it's even more about the understanding how our subconscious mind is modeled in society and how we unconscious select information in our daily activities. I mean the whole mass and every individual itself.