Monday, 28 April 2025

Post No. 3,098 - fighting with social media platforms

Well, after years of pressure, and because a Wiccan tradition I recently re-joined unfortunately uses them exclusively, I joined a notorious social media platform - one which has been used to commit genocides, one which has a history of legal problems over data, one which surrendered to the current US president’s fascistic demands ... 

Still, the sense of connection - with causes and groups I like and support, and with family and friends was actually ... quite profound - and I had a better understanding of why people stay on there, despite the problems and the - to not beat about the bush - evil. 

However ... after about 1 ½ days, I was suspended for unusual activity. 

What unusual activity would that be? Liking anti-racist posts? Liking pagan and human rights posts? Using a browser rather than their infernal app? Not being logged in 24/7? 

When I looked into the details, they seem to be concerned I wasn’t using my real name - possibly because my email uses the first name I use in everyday life and on my emails, not my legal name, and the incompetents on that platform do not know about nicknames ... 

Maybe it is just an excuse to force to let them scoop up more data?

Ah well, back to YouTube as my social media platform ... 

PS - I thought I would try a few other (Discord) servers, and found one to be easy to use, pleasant and welcoming;   one had complex (to manage attacks, which is fair enough) and unclear instructions, snarky mods, and is in a slowdown mode; and the other I missed an implied age limit (they couldn't have said so?)

This all also confirmed that running an online groups these days requires skills that are way beyond what I can do. (Incidentally, I decided not to allow comments on my blogs because I lacked the time and energy to moderate them - which was rubbished by others at that time, but upheld by court decisions in recent years, so my skills are not nil ... ) 

I am reconnecting with some YouTube channels for the livestream events, and am expanding my use of Patreon (I didn’t know there were some channels with a free [partial] access option).



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