Luna
A little gay gremlin hiding in your sock
terminally silly and sleepy
hates all computers
socialist, programmer, she/they, 20, insert more funny labels
wants blåhaj now
| website | https://lunacb.house |
| matrix | https://matrix.to/#/@lunacb:tchncs.de |
| Discord | lunacb |
| Nouns | She/They |
Just saw this scrolling through Facebook. I don't know anything about the matter, but my point remains valid: using other people's platforms does not and never will guarantee the safety of your data.
@_elena 's video is extremely relevant: https://tube.bsd.cafe/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN
Somewhere in-between genuine compassion and schadenfreude, there's "brah, you shoulda known."
It's tiring to see people legitimise such terrible platforms by continuing to use them.
Well, there was a time that facebook was a fun place to be. And lots of FOSS friends are still on their because of inertia.
I don't know if anyone remembers this, but circa 2008-2010, we used to call "facebook" "crackbook," because it was so addictive and enjoyable to use.
That was such a different era.
@otte_homan @stefano @kbsez @_elena
Where did I say this? I just said that you’re always dependent on someone, no matter if it’s a Facebook group or a Fediverse instance, as long as you’re not running your own instance. I don’t see where I suggested to run a group like this on a raspberry pi 😉
@Bredroll @stefano @_elena I have yet to see that work. You're just hurting yourself and benefiting the awful people running them along the way. Heck, they probably lower your posts in their algorithms anyway...
I don't know what the answer is, but staying on there even as they get worse and worse hoping you can get others to leave is not the answer.
@Bredroll @nazokiyoubinbou @stefano @_elena if that were the intent, I would generally expect posts like this to be inundated with links to the also-active off-Facebook communities, where organizing to regain it can happen naturally.
I haven't seen a single one yet, and this is a pretty active thread, with multiple apparent members participating. just this *Facebook post screenshot*.
I get the "go to where your people are" part, really. but it's *Facebook*.
@hikingdude @stefano @_elena There are multitudes of reasons, not the least of which being that Facebook does horrible things to you. Not just your data. You. Like when they manipulated people to be more upset and some committed suicide. Given that they're still manipulating people via "the algorithm" now, it can only be concluded that they cared only about the bottom line and simply decided to find a better balance since if they lose people it affects profits.
But also, all your data is indeed being stolen and sold/manipulated as they will for their benefits and not yours.
So yes, it may be harder to move on, but it is NECESSARY to do so. And content providers will leave too if there is no audience. A key part of being a provider is having someone there to provide to.
Sporadic reminder to do a #backup of your #Mastodon account (i.e. request an #archive from your instance)! Even in the Fediverse servers crash and instance admins turn rogue, and all of a sudden you may be left with nothing but the last archive.org snapshot of your account, so... request your archives, folks!
@stefano a group with 350 thousand members seems unfathomable. 😳
I've heard about multiple such group deletions. Honestly these groups are the only thing I miss. They remain the only game in town after FB killed all mailing lists and web forums. It's odd now seeing them going against their own prey^Husers.
@stefano Didn't Meta fairly recently (within the last year or so) classify Linux as some sort of contraband? I don't remember if they had it down as spam, malware or something else, but it was definitely one major online platform classifying discussions about Linux as something like that, and I'm quite sure it was one of Meta's.
Yes. It's your own data. Own your data. Data you own.
How does an org own their own data today? Not only do all Social Media Apps feel free to separate users from their data with no repercussions, so too can and do all Cloud hosting companies, whether free or paid.
The only way for an org to truly own their own data is build out a server farm in someone’s garage!
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