It is though? Mastodon is designed to work like twitter but without the bs bots, ads, and such.
That’s the thing of the Fediverse, the rules are defined by who runs the instance, so once again if there is a problem with an instance you can just pack up and move or even make your own instance with rules that you prefer.
What the Fediverse does is nothing like the Big Tech Algorithms. With Silicon Vally the algorithms is designed for getting as much engagement as possible (particularly with ad content as that’s what pays their bills) in the Fediverse the “algorithm” is entirely what you the user set up.
For me as an example I set to only get Lemmy posts from communities I am subscribed to and from newest to oldest. This means it doesn’t matter how trendy some post from “Chinastan” community (made up for explanation) is, I myself will not see it because I am not subscribed to said community.
I would say it won’t but the problem is the last time the New York Dems undercut the progressive victory like that it was when the Republicans were willing to concede.
For the Democratic elite to try that again they would need Trump willing to endorse Cuomo over Eric Adams and the Republican Party Candidate. Something Trump is probably not going to do unless New York Democrats agree to concede to his demands, and good luck selling that to the voters