 Each new generation on the web needs to learn that there’s no such thing as a permanent web identity on a commercial web service. The only long-term solution to maintain your identity is: Everything else is temporary. Your accounts on myspace, facebook, medium, twitter, google plus, youtube, tiktok, mastodon will one day disappear or become useless. You don’t have a "community" on those websites. Only ephemeral discussions. 21 comments
Want to be verified on the whole Internet? Buy a domain name. You will end up paying 8$ a year instead of per month and keep your identity for as long as you live.  @Freyja @ploum Depends on the TLD.  @ploum I have bought so many domain names. Too many. But they're mine. My precioussss… 💍  @ploum That's what I do as well. But the barrier to entry for non-technical people is real ...  @ploum >You don’t have a "community" on those websites. @Zezin : firstly, it gives you an identity that you can use in many communities. Secondly, if you start publishing regularly and reading others, you will find out that, yes, people read you, people react, send you emails, share what you write. There’s no immediate feedback, it takes more time. But it is also a lot deeper for both side. @ploum got it. Btw, a little off topic, but for hosting websites, would you self-hosting or buy a VPS? What a server for things that are a bit more reliable on uptime, like an email server, or bandwith, like some kind media sharing service? @ploum Slightly marketting focused blog but https://howtomarketagame.com/2021/11/01/dont-build-your-castle-in-other-peoples-kingdoms/ conveys the same point. |
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THIS.
EXACTLY.