I’ve created my account barely a week ago, and already l’d made nearly 200 posts. Had it been Mastodon, this number isn’t a big deal. But while on piefed, this is pretty lot considering the overall span of time.
Now, the fediverse is not like the ordinary facebook or twitter. There, the posts are restricted to the platform you are using. Irrespective of how many people view your post.
But fediverse is a different ball game altogether. Here, you don’t know how many have viewed your post, unless they vote on it. Here, there’s also negative voting, and that might shake up your morales. While it’s a fact that any given platform of the fediverse has negligible users compared to social media like Facebook and Twitter.
But the danger lies elsewhere. Here, you don’t even know where your posts are reaching. And it’s very difficult to form an idea about your audience.
The only way out is post with a great deal of responsibility. If there’s the slightest error on your part, it doesn’t take much time to reach you as feedback.
Your take on the matter please ??😊😊😊
When did that sentiment change on the internet where this was somewhere you could privately say something? I remember that being beat into me as a kid. Everything on the internet is public and permanent, don’t post anything you wouldn’t want a future boss reading or read aloud in court. Somewhere that sentiment dropped when absolutely it shouldn’t have. It’s like people here don’t know that FB/Insta/all of them logged everything everyone ever said in giant databases ready to be handed over or leaked.
Seriously the Fediverse isn’t dangerous, the internet as a whole is. People need to stop thinking it’s “safe” to post things on the internet.
Excellent point.
I remember there was a LOT of docs that stated be careful what you post back when I was younger.
Something that has come up over the years that I dont see a lot of people talking about.
Just because your post/content is protected in your place of residence/country/state/city/etc… doesn’t mean its protected everywhere . When GitHub takes down projects because it violates some supposed law, it doesn’t need to check all the countries, it just needs to get the request from one in order to remove it. And all the forks. If you ever travel, you never know what laws you accidentally run afoul of with the internet being as public as it is.
Or in some cases…abortion rights depending on the state you are currently in. And then if you ever move…they may come after you and prosecute. It fucking sucks.
Being anonymous helps keep you safe. In more ways than one.
If my future boss read alound the writings of hubert manne I would find it glorious and bask in the adulation of my earth workmates.
I was actually posting pretty pictures, of strangers of course, until people started telling me all sorts of things. I had actually wanted to create a social media like Facebook and Twitter over here in the fediverse.
But ever since I have joined Piefed, l’m learning some tough lessons.
Interactions on Mastodon have been too frugal.