Yet, there are advantages over twitter (but I agree, Facebook needs to be replaced more badly).
No tracking, no (targetted) ads are the obvious ones.
Less obvious is the “no manipulation, no please-don’t-leave-yet-I-have-so-many-more-tweets-to-show-you” trait.
I, agree. The manipulation is a very big problem in technology. Technology should be an assistant not a drug dealer.