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There is an excellent alternative for FB but is sadly under-subscribed as yet – and that is minds (www.minds.com)
I am thinking of migrating – or at least double posting.
Excellent blog by the way – thank you.
Best regards,
Hilary (Wales, UK)
I don’t think any of us really gave meaningful consent when it comes to how much of our private data has been given away, shared, mined, assumed by algorithm…it was a failure of the imagination, and a certain naive trust.
These companies have insinuated themselves into our lives. Utility and convenience, indeed. Stunning how quickly they’ve made themselves seem so essential. It’s going to be an interesting 40 days for me, giving up Facebook for Lent. I don’t say “forever,” but I was quite disillusioned and disappointed by their response to those reports, yesterday, and need a break. People talk about how they’re upset by the hate speech and negativity they see there – they should take a break. It’s fairly easy to deactivate your account, although I really wish I’d captured the emotionally manipulative (if somewhat comical, knowing MY friends) screen that showed about five of their profile pics and the caption: “[your friend’s name] will miss you!” Really, Facebook? They’ll find me. If they miss me that badly. But I’m sure you wouldn’t make it easy, if you could throw up obstacles to that. No doubt you’re already working on algorithms to determine what we see first and what we never see on the Internet at large.