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#Threads is a reminder that a majority of your friends don't know or care about data privacy. They are the audience who will follow their fave celeb/influencer wherever they go.
Which underscores the different crowds on the Fediverse vs Big Tech. Untangling my online presence from places like Meta is difficult because none of my friends want to leave the familiar. Their connections are all there.
I'm literally alone on the Fediverse and I sound like a crazy person when I try to explain why.
@georgettetan
No one I know in real life is here. Not my friends in info sec. Not my colleagues who do academic work on surveillance capitalism. They are all still on Twitter. I do not understand it. They know better. They just keep saying, "but my network is there."
I have felt significantly less stress and anxiety since I left Twitter last year. The constant ragebaiting and advertising and shitposting... I didn't realize how bad it was for my mental health. I spend a lot of time here, but I don't feel addicted to it like I did Twitter. I will spend time in the mornings and evenings on Mastodon reading, replying, and posting, and then I will go about my day. I don't open my browser every 5 minutes to learn about the latest controversy, the latest argument between two celebrities. I still feel like I am mostly up to speed on important world events, which I didn't want to lose. But I lost most of the commentary that went with it. I don't miss all the "Retweet if you think...!"