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Hi, this seems to be your first day on the actual Internet. Welcome!
Chapter 16 of my book is called "The Internet is not your friend". You have probably been spending a long time on big tech, which pretends it is your friend, and that you can trust it, and that you're safe on it. They're lying so they can steal your wallet. They either want to sell you something or they want to know all about you so they can sell you to someone else.
This is the real Internet, like it used to be. We're not selling any ads. We're not loss leading into some other big moneymaker. You're not doing any of us any favors by trying to put yourself into a bunch of little marketable boxes. Most admins just want a comfy place to have fun, and virtually nobody here is breaking even, let alone turning a profit. There are thousands of servers. There's all different kinds of servers, and all different kinds of people. People you'll like, and people you'll hate. You through your actions will tend to decide who you're seeing in front of you (and using kick me sign hashtags does count, btw)
You should not trust the Internet. You are not safe here. You don't need to tell us your real name. We don't need to know your home address. You don't need to tell us your job. You don't need to tell us that you're an albino Sasquatch. You don't need to tell us that you're romantically involved with the planet Neptune. That's all stuff the big tech Internet really wants to know about you so they can sell to you or sell you to someone.
Talking as if "trust and safety" is possible on a libre Internet (which this inevitably must be due to the open nature of the fediverse) comes off as helplessly naive. It's naive on big tech as well of course, but they want you to think they can do it.
And if you want to reveal something about yourself, go ahead. There's lots of people who coexist just fine despite having much different attributes and knowing it. Just remember my advice as you do so.
Hi, this seems to be your first day on the actual Internet. Welcome!
Chapter 16 of my book is called "The Internet is not your friend". You have probably been spending a long time on big tech, which pretends it is your friend, and that you can trust it, and that you're safe on it. They're lying so they can steal your wallet. They either want to sell you something or they want to know all about you so they can sell you to someone else.
This is the real Internet, like it used to be. We're not selling any ads. We're not loss leading into some other big moneymaker. You're not doing any of us any favors by trying to put yourself into a bunch of little marketable boxes. Most admins just want a comfy place to have fun, and virtually nobody here is breaking even, let alone turning a profit. There are thousands of servers. There's all different kinds of servers, and all different kinds of people. People you'll like, and people you'll hate. You through your actions will tend to decide who you're seeing in front of you (and using kick me sign hashtags does count, btw)
You should not trust the Internet. You are not safe here. You don't need to tell us your real name. We don't need to know your home address. You don't need to tell us your job. You don't need to tell us that you're an albino Sasquatch. You don't need to tell us that you're romantically involved with the planet Neptune. That's all stuff the big tech Internet really wants to know about you so they can sell to you or sell you to someone.
Talking as if "trust and safety" is possible on a libre Internet (which this inevitably must be due to the open nature of the fediverse) comes off as helplessly naive. It's naive on big tech as well of course, but they want you to think they can do it.
And if you want to reveal something about yourself, go ahead. There's lots of people who coexist just fine despite having much different attributes and knowing it. Just remember my advice as you do so.
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