In trying to convince friends who aren't here yet to come here, I have encountered a common argument of resistance.

"How can I trust some random person who can see all my pics and read all my private DMs?"

and

"What if the server dies and I lose everything?"

I've countered that Twitter isn't exactly looking like a bastion of safety and great decision making, and that the safety risks could be getting worse with all the layoffs, but I wonder if anyone else has a much more convincing argument.

@crocodile I can't tell if that says a lot about them to not go database-diving, or about the misinfo spreading that makes it out to be as easy as clicking on your name and clicking DMs. SOME kind of E2E would be neat, but difficult.

I don't think any of us (furry) instance shell-admins have the time, energy, or desire to go through the effort required to invade privacy like that.

@ceralor @crocodile I can already read my own dms, gosh
@kieran @crocodile filling your own DMs with you saying 'mow' a bunch doesn't count