Welp, it’s official. I’ve requested account deletion...

Welp, it’s official.

I’ve requested account deletion on both of the #Meta platforms I use, #Facebook and #Instagram. Of course they make it difficult (30-day retention policy you can’t override where if you log in at all your account is revived), and the option to delete was obfuscated and took 10+ clicks to confirm once it was found.

#X / #Twitter is deleted ☑️
#Meta is pending deletion ☑️

I’m now a #Mastodon and #Pixelfed #Fediverse king. 💅🏻 🌈 :Fire_Pride:

Suck it, #Musk, #Dorsey, and #Zuckerberg, you #Technocrats

Like 24 Jul 2023 at 20:48 | Open on tech.lgbt

6 comments

Yugimob

@mastodom I am still getting used to this platform and wondered what Pixelfed and Fediverse is all about. I thought it was just another kind of Mastodon variant

24 Jul 2023 at 20:51 | Open on mastodon.online

Thic’n Tired

@yugimob That’s understandable :) I’m not the most knowledgeable but I am on #Pixelfed as a replacement for #Instagram at https://pixelfed.social/MastoDom. I was able to export everything from Instagram to Pixelfed pretty easily which made the decision a no-brainer.

As far as #Fediverse, I think that just refers to any of the #ActivityPub products that are software and users distributed into separate servers/instances and then connected to each other like a big web.

Regardless, the distributed, non-corporate nature of the Fediverse is why I’m here. No #Algorithm, no #Monetization, no #Privacy issues. I donate to the servers and people that run what I use, and it seems fair to reward the work they do. It’s a sense of #Community and a safe space for #Marginalized or less-populated groups.

It’s home. 🏠