If I wanted to use Reddit/Twitter/etc, I wouldn’t have deleted my account on those two platforms. Definitely don’t want the fediverse to go that direction.

But I personally believe the problems with those platforms are 100% the fault of the people running the place and the bad decisions they have made in the past and will continue to make in the future.

I think a karma based ranking algorithm, designed by a community that has the right intentions (find good content, and sort it at the top), will work well.