• Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 months 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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        4 months ago

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

    • jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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      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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        It’s odd how that proxy allows people to act feral. It’s like the behavior of a dog behind a fence.

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

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        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.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      as far as i care, having social media makes you more likely to be insane, because of the aggressive amount of influence that these sites and applications hold over people.

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      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.