@johnshirley2024 I'm not understanding your question....

@johnshirley2024 I'm not understanding your question. The Fediverse generally provides more privacy than centralized alternatives. (Downside for whom?)

Like 25 Sep 2023 at 17:34 | Open on social.coop

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@J12t All kinds of people are shaking their fist at the fediverse concept, as it's described in the article. I don't exactly understand it. But more privacy? If you're exposed to more social media sort of willy-nilly, again as in the article I was commenting on, how is it more private? Not that *I* care about privacy for my own posts. I don't get real personal in them. I often let people know about projects, books and so on I'm bringing out, public appearances, so I like the idea...just asking..

25 Sep 2023 at 17:42 | Open on wandering.shop

Johannes Ernst

@johnshirley2024 The big social platforms collect lots of data about their users, store it forever, and then use it to drive specific content and ads to them. Sometimes leaking that data, too.
In the Fediverse, the policies are generally set per instance, so it's hard to make blanket statements, but far less data is collected on users, and none of it shared with advertisers or others.
I don't think they are referring to the privacy of posts but other personal data.

25 Sep 2023 at 18:07 | Open on social.coop