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You Shouldn’t Have to Make Your Social Media Public to Get a Visa (www.eff.org)
submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev
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[–] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 36 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Ez solution: don't go there

[–] IceFoxX@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

and best solution.

[–] Wooki@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Even better.

Dont go. & delete your accounts.

Getting out from behind the screen and being present in the world around you will do lots for mental health, relationships, and give you back a lot of free time.

[–] staircase@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

even better, maintain an account that's complete lies to throw off their algorithm

(don't do this - your life matters)

[–] kebab@endlesstalk.org 1 points 4 months ago

Doesn’t Lemmy also count as social media?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Once again all the shit-for-brains cloven-hooved mouthbreathing fucksticks who ignored any and all warnings to gleefully hand over all their data to big tech for - ??? = funsies? - get me soaked with their drive-by shitpuddle. Thanks again, assholes. Yeah, sure like and subscribe.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Here in Florida we sure love us some Trump! No one tell my neighbors how dependent we are on tourism.