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How has your outlook on tech companies/privacy changed since coming here? (startrek.website)

submitted 2 years ago by vacuumfountain@startrek.website to c/quarks@startrek.website

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Back in the 2000’s, I was decently involved in the tech world, especially privacy and following/using FOSS. I fell off in a major way as the strain of work and college took over and I just didn’t have the energy to devote to the cause and maintenance of my own resources. During the pandemic, I deleted my Facebook account as I watched friends and family become hateful. I stopped using Twitter as well and finally deleted it when the Musky Boy took over. Reddit was still a community I had trust in as it was relatively anonymous and the user experience was customizable so I could avoid the worst parts. With Reddit’s anti-user and especially anti-accessibility moves I woke up. Y’all at startrek.website gave me a safe starting point to the Fediverse, and I dove back into taking control of my computing experience. How has the upheaval of corporate social media changed your online life?

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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't think my outlook on the big companies has changed much - I quit Facebook around a decade ago, and like you I quit Twitter after the Great Muskening began. I'd been increasingly disillusioned with Reddit over the last few years as well - this recent nonsense was simply the last straw.

What has changed is my determination to continue opting out, and to make a serious attempt at community-building in spaces like this one and Mastodon.

[–] Acid@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

I still remember when Facebook was actually cool and useful, these days it's only kept around for communication between family abroad otherwise I'd have deleted the account years ago.

Twitter has always been borderline shit from the start but whether Mastadon is a viable replacement I don't know.

But like you I do think I'm pretty much done with traditional social media, back to forums and trying Lemmy.