DHS has issued hundreds of subpoenas to major online platforms to obtain the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of accountholders who criticize ICE.
Yeah but is the value in the service or the userbase and the data though?
When instances are going down that is at risk and the current federated model isn’t helping that much. Look at lemmynsfw and the other community that went down no so long ago.
Data portability and user migration isn’t so much more evident here quite yet.
Oh yeah, the federated social media software isn’t perfect, I agree.
However, by leaving these giant advertising companies and data silos who side-hustle as a ad-ridden social media sites, we blunt that power which is being used to pour propaganda and misinformation into democratic systems around the world at the whim of a few individuals.
I’ll take some lost data, deleted instances and migration difficulties in exchange.
Yeah but is the value in the service or the userbase and the data though?
When instances are going down that is at risk and the current federated model isn’t helping that much. Look at lemmynsfw and the other community that went down no so long ago.
Data portability and user migration isn’t so much more evident here quite yet.
Better sure but not perfect.
Oh yeah, the federated social media software isn’t perfect, I agree.
However, by leaving these giant advertising companies and data silos who side-hustle as a ad-ridden social media sites, we blunt that power which is being used to pour propaganda and misinformation into democratic systems around the world at the whim of a few individuals.
I’ll take some lost data, deleted instances and migration difficulties in exchange.