Why Decentralized Social Networks Give Users More Control over Content

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Decentralized social networks allow users to have more control over their social feeds.
The idea of a decentralized social network is to allow users to filter out content that they do not want to see.
Users can use a client or plugin within their chosen client to filter content.
Group chats can be the best social network because all members know how to act and what each other find interesting.

The Twitter look-alike Bluesky, started by the former Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey, is doing the impossible: making social media fun again.

Then, A.I. is coming for jobs but not in the way you think.

Plus: Kevin and Casey moonlight as advice columnists in a new Hard Fork segment called Hard Questions.

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Bluesky is vying to replace Twitter.
IBM announced a pause in hiring, anticipating that A.I. would replace thousands of jobs at the company in the coming years.
The chief executive of the education company Chegg said student interest in the chatbot ChatGPT was hurting its sales.

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