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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

#OwnYourData

@stefano @_elena

They say this like they are surprised. I’m always mystified why people use Facebook or exclusively create content for YouTube. It’s like they don’t understand they can yank it. They can control it. They can delete it at any point, and you have no recourse at all.

@kbsez @_elena unfortunately, many people underestimate this

@stefano @kbsez @_elena I think there is no perfect solution for this. Even in Fediverse an admin can decide from one day to another to remove accounts or to completely stop the service. The only thing that prevents you from this is running your own instance.

@NebulaTide @kbsez @_elena sure. But at least you can do it, here.

@stefano @_elena

This iswhy Ileft facebook.I was writing there for 10 years. My thoughts about communism, climate threat windfarms, veganism, miracle meat, mass immigration, taxation and healthcare.

I never made threats. I used a politically correct language. I wrote up to 10 posts a day. I was very active. I set the posts so only a select tiny group of 800 people could see them.

My content was sometimes copied, and ended up in print.

Then one day 97% of my content got censored.

So I left.

@stefano @_elena

Linux. Obviously just a bunch of hackers.

Like me

Bummer, but that’s facebag

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe Not that this is news to me, but apparently 350K of GNU/Linux users are just really fucking stupid.