Agreed

I would not. Why? It won’t fix anything. People would just switch to TikTok or Telegram or something, which is not that much better

Lack of content and lack of recommended page to find content

I really don’t understand people in the comments here. I agree it’s his son’s decision to date whoever they want. However it’s also dad’s right to not push feelings down his throat and spend time with people he does not like.

Why not say “hey son, I respect your romantic choices, but I am not ready to spend time with King yet. i will let you know when this changes”?

Centrism does not mean coming up with a middle-ground solution for all issues. It could be taking a left-leaning stance on one issue, and right-leaning on another.

If we ban centralization then IRC, Signal, Xenforo, vBulletin

Signal is not social media, IRC is an open protocol, isn’t it? I do not know about the rest.

Even when you have federation, each unit in that “web” will usually have a centralized moderation team and administration.

I do not have a problem with that. The problem with centralized social media is that users are locked in to using some specific app because all their friends are there, which makes it harder to switch. This gives monopolies like Facebook an unfair advantage.

Can you suggest a comparable alternative?

I dunno, how Lemmy does this?

Do you mean that they at most should be non-profit? And if so, why?

Yes I mean that. For-profit social media profits from increasing user engagement, even if that means through getting people addicted, intentionally not dealing with misinformation (because misinformation is usually more outrageous and gets people more engaged), data collection and other unethical practices, all because shareholders need the line to go up.

I support blocking commercial, proprietary and centralized social media everywhere.