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That's the beauty of a social network built on a decentralized, permissionless protocol. If you don't like the direction toward centralization and social media, you switch to a different client that provides a more suitable UX.

I agree. 

Can the progression from a social network to social media be prevented, or is it an inevitably by product of needing to make money?

social network  ← social media
<primitive> 🧠  ← 🍿
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