Croc (aka microdile)Nov 10, 2022

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.

Show threadKianga (moved)Nov 10, 2022

@crocodile One thought about the data loss question: While it's not possible (yet) to restore your posts on another instance, I'd say your following list is far more valuable and that CAN be restored on a new instance.

So unlike moving from one social network to another, where you'd lose all your social connections, that is no problem when moving to a different Mastodon instance.

Show threadZiggyNov 10, 2022
@kianga @crocodile Yes to all if that — I actually successfully migrated servers to my own instance and preserved my followers. But also… I REALLY hope none of them use their DMs for any sort of private communication. Because hooooooo boy.
Show threadKianga (moved)
@Ziggy @crocodile I don't get the whole DM discussion about Mastodon, it's not like Twitter or Discord or Telegram are any better, just different kinds of people who can read your messages. There are tools if you want that kind of privacy, but if the people arguing are apparently using Twitter DMs, that doesn't seem to be a priority for them.
Nov 10, 2022 at 8:48amWeb