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frequency 4.5.18A private, federated photo- and video-sharing app. No ads, no tracking. More control back in your hands.
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At frequency, we are working to break these harmful design patterns and offer mindful, attention-respecting alternatives.
Read the full blog post at https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3md26xqn3dk2m and try us out at https://frequency.app
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Most social media companies care about two things: "daily active users" and "engagement." This means how many people use the app every day and how much time they spend on the app. Their goal is to make these numbers as high as possible. The higher these numbers, the more money they can make.
So every app, every screen, every notification, every algorithm they create is designed to serve these goals.
https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3md26xqn3dk2m/l-quote/7_0-7_402#7_0
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We are grateful to finally see some accountability for the harms these addictive designed platforms have caused, and we fully support the prosecutor who won the case in New Mexico in his plan to ask that the court force the company to modify the design of the apps to make them safer for children and teens.
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people have noticed that their posts are being pushed out by the type of content the algorithms favor, so they begin adjusting the way they post or how they speak so that it's more likely to be seen. ... [this] pushes even normal people to post increasingly fake, sensational versions of themselves.
The result of all of this is that we get stuck in a feed bubbles that don't show us reality - they just show us whatever the algorithm thinks will keep us scrolling.
https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3md26xqn3dk2m/l-quote/22_32-23_165#22_32
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Most social media companies don't sell apps - they sell ads.
As Jeff Hammerbacher, facebook’s first research scientist, said after working there: “The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads ... and it sucks.”
https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3md26xqn3dk2m/l-quote/11_0-11_60#11_0
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When an app is free, you're not paying with money, you're paying with attention.
https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3md26xqn3dk2m/l-quote/26_0-27_798#26_0
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we need to "shift from the idea that success lies in endless growth to success lies in balance. [...] What's the balance in our use of digital technologies? Where do we find that point where it's engaging, it's useful, we feel like we belong, but without getting addicted, drawn, depressed, thrown off-course by it? [...] What kind of structures and ownership and designs would enable us to be in balance with the phenomenal power of these technologies?"
https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3md26xqn3dk2m/l-quote/33_0-33_516#33_0
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"we trust these technologies to be companion systems for our lives: we trust them to help us do the things we want to do, to become the people we want to be." But "there’s a deep misalignment between the goals we have for ourselves and the goals our technologies have for us."
https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3md26xqn3dk2m/l-quote/8_65-8_341#8_65
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From the trial in New Mexico:
“Meta executives knew their products harmed children, disregarded warnings from their own employees and lied to the public about what they knew.”
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From the trial in Los Angeles:
During opening arguments, lawyers presented the jury internal company documents from Meta and YouTube that showed tech executives knew of and discussed the negative effects of their products on children.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/technology/social-media-trial-verdict.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V1A.BLUS.udgmtc53Ubp2&smid=url-share
This holiday season, we're wrapping up some nice gifts for you all – the first is a freshly redesigned comment experience for posts on frequency that hopefully brings a smoother experience and more warmth and connection to your conversations 💝
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We will only get better technologies when we start demanding them.
We need to talk to our friends and families about how these apps actually work and what effect they have on our health, well-being, and society. The more educated we are, the more we can spot these patterns and look for alternatives.
https://frequency.leaflet.pub/3md26xqn3dk2m/l-quote/36_0-37_233#36_0
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