Am I the only one who can’t get used to Fediverse?
https://lemmy.world/post/8278659
Am I the only one who can’t get used to Fediverse? - Lemmy.World
I’m fairly new to the Fediverse, and I’d like to share my onboarding experience.
Personally, I appreciate the concept of decentralization and the
community-driven aspect of Fediverse. I’ve used Mastodon and Lemmy, based on
ActivityPub, for a while: 1. I find it difficult to get all the updates I need
on a particular instance, and except for a few very large instances, most others
appear quite quiet and like the Internet ten years ago. 2. The content and style
of each instance tend to be quite diverse. To find someone to follow, I must
switch between different instances with lengthy domains. 3. Fediverse isn’t
truly decentralized; instances operate under the will of server owners, who can
ban and remove content as they please. These reasons prompted me to explore more
decentralized networks, I mean truly decentralized networks, such as Nostr
[https://nostr.com/]. However, creating a Nostr account and saving the Recovery
Phrases is challenging (I lost my first Nostr account due to the loss of
Recovery Phrases). And generally speaking, the user experience on Nostr is much
worse than Mastodon, full of scam and ads. I believe people should leave Twitter
due to shadowbans and robots and Facebook due to privacy concerns, but I’m
struggling to choose a platform to migrate to. Each has its drawbacks, making it
difficult to decide. I’d love to hear your opinions on this.
X will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet and retweet.
https://lemmy.world/post/6958838
X will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet and retweet. - Lemmy.World
X (Twitter) to soon begin charging $1 annual subscription in order to tweet and
interact. Next move must be to charge users deleting their accounts $1. And Elon
can sell your data to make more money.
Does anyone have recommendations for p2p messaging apps which don’t collect any of your data?
https://lemmy.world/post/5501418
Does anyone have recommendations for p2p messaging apps which don’t collect any of your data? - Lemmy.world
I feel like I remember someone sharing one a while ago but I can’t find it
anymore. Bonus points if it’s available on MacOS, and extra for having a profile
space for sharing photos and videos.
X plans to collect biometric information, job, education history for safety, security, and identification purposes.
https://lemmy.world/post/4482323
X plans to collect biometric information, job, education history for safety, security, and identification purposes. - Lemmy.world
“Based on your consent, we may collect and use your biometric information for
safety, security, and identification purposes,” The revised policy of X(Twitter)
is expected to go into effect on September 29, 2023. The thing is, biometric
data is permanent and can’t be changed. If we share that with X, it could mean
lifelong privacy risks. And seriously, I can’t think of a single reason why Elon
needs to know where I went to high school for data security purposes. People
keep talking about leaving Twitter, but when will they actually do that? I guess
they’ll just keep putting up with it, and I don’t see that changing anytime
soon.
Miss the old Twitter when I saw the stupid X animation.
https://lemmy.world/post/3789208
Miss the old Twitter when I saw the stupid X animation. - Lemmy.world
I miss the old Twitter when I saw the stupid X animation. Twitter X is Elon
Musk’s world. Pretty soon he’ll have so much control over his platform that he
can practically cron kings and manipulate outcomes to fit his personal political
agenda. And don’t even get me started on his whole stupid “X the everything app
bullshit. The only everything app that has succeeded so far is WeChat in China.
But it’s apparently a surveillance app for the masses by the government.
Seriously, why the hell would I want to link my social media account with my
bank account and even my government ID? What’s the benefit in that? I’d rather
keep the digital me disconnected to the real me.
