Eugen RochkoHave you already deleted or are planning to delete your Threads/Instagram/Facebook/WhatsApp account in light of recent policy changes? (If you have or had one)
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Kay 
@Gargron not deleting yet as I admin too many groups. Following other group leaders into other spaces as they set them up, e.g. into Discord for group chats
Olivier Mengué
Sven (retired)@dolmen As far as I'm aware, Discord doesn't own a big chunk of the entire online ad market and also doesn't try to collect and use all data they possibly can across different websites, apps and services. :)
Not saying they're good or anything, but Meta has been in its own category of evil for a while now with very few competitors in that regard. At least in the online/tech world.
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)@Sven @Kay Discord is evil in its own way. But the common thing is they are both private companies that run social network and that aims to make profit, while users are not paying directly for the service they get. They are walled garden where you don't have control of the content you posted, as they can change their usage policy at anytime and this applies retroactively to old content you may have posted 20 years ago.
@dolmen Fair criticisms of Discord.
Not really that relevant to my wish to stay connected to a positive community of people online. Very much a matter of less bad choices, not good ones.
@dolmen Totally true and I even acknowledged this in my reply. It's just a totally different discussion than the initially disputed statement. 😅
(Also, for what it's worth, their main source of income is from Nitro subscriptions, so there is some direct cash flow.)
@dolmen @Gargron I've yet to find a perfect platform that everyone will agree to join.
Is Discord less offensive than Facebook? Time will tell.
In this case I'm following a group that I find positive so I'm dialling down my sensitivity meter. I've left Discord and groups in the past over what I found to be tolerance of offensive content.
It's also easier to switch social media type platforms than mainstream media or even society in the real world. So much I'd change if I could!
Paul Versluis@NoOnesRival @dolmen @Gargron @matrix As one member of the group of over 2,000 that the admin is encouraging to move, I'm not going to rock the boat.
Years back I co-moderated a Yahoo group. The other Admin wanted to try Facebook. I said no, poor security etc. She shifted the group anyway.
I joined Facebook to help her and the group. She decided I'd been right and left. By that time hundreds of members had shifted. I stuck with that group. I'm still moderating it about 15 years later.
Nathan
Heatmizer_626
i looove the fediverseTrue, but is there a #fediverse alternative?