Just for you guys to know, a Saudi teacher got death sentence over tweets, cuz it is linked to his identity, and now Elon even wants more specific data from users? People need to give up on Twitter!

For safety, security purpose??? Bullshit

No one should hand out their 'everything' to anyone

Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-wikipedia-twitter-x-encyclopedia-1234861220/

Transforming Twitter into an 'everything' app is a terrible idea. Why? Take WeChat, for example. Initially a messaging app, it now incorporates a multitude of services including short video clips similar to YouTube, Twitter-like posts (for friends only), a wallet linked to a bank card, and more. One of my Chinese friends said, 'You won't find anyone in China who doesn't use WeChat because it has everything we need!' It seems that users are quite satisfied with the services WeChat provides.

However, they may be overlooking the drawbacks of such centralized applications:

• Privacy issues: Identity verification is required; without it, most features are inaccessible.
• Censorship: I suspect that all communications are stored on a central server, with algorithms designed to detect sensitive content or keywords related to politics, NSFW material, etc. Since it's linked to your identity, you could easily end up on a blacklist.
• Account suspension: The developer has the power to suspend accounts at any time due to the centralized nature of the system.
• Security risks: If someone gains access to your phone or passcode, they could access your money, your contacts' information, and your personal details, since it's an 'everything' app.
• Manipulation: Show those news that the country or the company want us to, hide those that are not helpful to them.

These issues and risks are inherent in centralized platforms and social media but consolidating them into an 'everything' app only amplifies the risks. My friend mentioned that WeChat hasn't introduced a subscription fee yet, but Twitter and other services have.

I mean, an 'everything' app might be feasible in a restricted country like China, in the United States? Hell not! But, Big Tech and governments have the monopolistic power to make these things happen, so we have to find alternatives. The sooner we migrate, the sooner we can reduce the risks that I mentioned above.

The digital world is incredible, but also dangerous. It's best that we start protecting our own privacy rights, our right to speak freely, and our right to control our own minds and discern the truth.

Unfortunately, it's true... Monitoring, data collection, implementing ads, and there's so little security for our accounts. Idk, I've been using Google less than ever since ChatGPT came out. And DuckDuckGo.

Just for you guys to know, a Saudi teacher got death sentence over tweets, reported form last week.

Another data leaks trap. It's like Zuck is saying, "Come here, so I can get more data from you guys."

Every policy about data collection is mandatory for users, with no difference from just setting it without asking.

And we share real background information, very specific details. This could lead them to our friends and colleagues!

But I'm not sure it can be called social media, though, but if you are looking for social media platforms that can avoids data leaks, and don't ask for your personal info when register, WireMin and Damus are both good choices.

Speaking of which, we should have a version of LinkedIn that is decentralized!

Never download the Meta Threads.

Twitter even censored news about french protest too.

'Freedom of Speech Not Reach', I was like isn't the same thing with Shadowbanning? It's so disgusting that he keeps claiming Twitter is the place for online Freedom of Speech but look at what he did.

Driving ur attention to here:

X is a free public service funded largely by advertisers. 

X aware that the CCDH gained access to X’s data without Brandwatch’s authorization,

They are trying to steal more info from us, thats it

It's a basic human right, and if you're in a restrictive country like North Korea or China, data privacy means everything because individuals don't know if they're saying something wrong that could put them in danger.

A friend from college who is Chinese told me that whenever they go back to China for holidays, they have to clear out all the chat history on WeChat, a messaging app commonly used in China. This is because sometimes Chinese guards pick someone's phone and check for any content that could be seen as critical of China.

I heard Turkey is a very restriced country

Monopolistic and some shit

New to here, as for now: better than calckey and mastodon

And they will come up with other ways to steal user's data, so they could sell it or distinguish user behavior to develop new product.

You like it?

Don't forget those ads on Twitter, Facebook, instagram, Youtube. They show you the product you viewed before, called re-targeting.

Thx for explaining these to me bro, your point about the defederation of some instances is important, as it highlights the diversity and autonomy within the network, even though it might cause some fragmentation. And indeed, while every instance is privately operated, the option to host one's own instance provides individuals with the freedom to set their own rules.

And he wants to make it a Everything app, thats terrible

Censorship and Centralized manner killed all the goodness.

Most of the are celebrities, they make money from giving up their privacy right.

Diet, lmao.

??? Seriously

At the end of the day, the winner for privacy is ... Decentralization Cuz no central server means:

• Data only save in your own device
• Anonymous, never link to your personal info
• E2EE

Lemmy for sure! Its hard to get interaction on Mastodon

Free speech might only be able to achieve online, and make sure you remain ANONYMOUS

sounds sus

I guess the whole Threads battle making Elon realize he needs to be the data master, and X born earlier than I expected

WTF?

Kept FB, Twitter away

And fully naked in front of the world too

Secure in what ways?

I was wondering if he would hire someone from China who previously runs "everything" app like Wechat. People should definatly look for alternatives

thx bro