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wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  And subscriptions using RSS feeds instead of a YouTube account.

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  • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Guilty.

    Having no actual presence on social media is considered “creepy” by modern social standards, instead of what I view it as: more secure.

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    • FederatedSaint@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Having no actual presence on social media

      I’ve got some bad news for you…

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      • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I meant no actual presence on social media where I’m not using a pseudonym, and exchange profiles with the general public that I meet.

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      • tyler@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Forums are not social media. How is this hard to understand. Forums have existed for decades longer than social media and if you include forums in the definition of social media then you literally by definition include every comment section on every blog, news site, and even things like the FCC request for comments from citizens.

        It’s absolutely idiotic to include forums in that definition. You make the definition so wide as to be useless.

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    • FoxyGrandpa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      If that’s considered creepy then I’m john wayne gacy

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    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I find avoiding social media helps reduce encounters with the insane side of people who somehow appear to be relatively normal in real life.

      For instance, I actually like my inlaws in real life, despite having some very different views than they do. On Facebook however, they’re complete fucking idiots that I wouldn’t give the time of day because they would just argue with me about it.

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      • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        It’s odd how that proxy allows people to act feral.

        Though I’ll admit to trolling a little bit here and there, so maybe I’m not the best example.

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      • SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        It’s funny, I’m the opposite. In real life, I openly advocate for seizing the means of production and guillotining the rich, but I don’t do that on Facebook because I don’t want to get banned.

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    • hydration9806@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I’ve had the opposite response. Generally I get a “good on ya, I should really delete it too”

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    • solrize@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I actually got a date once by saying I had 10 laptop computers and no Facebook account. Not a good match in other regards, but the person was cool about privacy.

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• scrion@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  They ask for your search history then

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

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  • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    My browser clears private data at the end of every session.

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    • scrion@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Same, but you were talking about NewPipe. I assume you use that on your phone.

      And while you can disable the search history there, too, it often is convenient not to have to type the name of that thing you want to listen to while you’re driving, so many people leave it enabled.

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      • hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        YSK you could also swipe single entries away in your Newpipe search history.

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      • wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I just leverage playlists or bookmarks, typically. But while driving, I play my FLAC library off a thumbdrive.

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• _____@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The brain rotted min doesn’t understand the lack of an infinite pit of o-face reaction videos to pick from.

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• CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Or switching profiles in GrapheneOS so I can look at my Google apps

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• pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Newpipe has recommendations?

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  • solrize@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    It has “hot” but I don’t think the feed is personalized.

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