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Finally I see someone who thinks in my way. This is my reason to keep a tab on 4chan, Reddit, Telegram, Discord and XMPP.
Much like Reddit teaches me patience, hanging around with bankers and executives has taught me a lot about ethics! Not all were awful, but the ones that were have given me a superfluity of examples of what not to do.
Learning from what people don't know (or don't do) is such a neat trick! I wish I had clued in on it earlier.
If you have not, diversify your social media like I do, without even needing to touch Facebook/Instagram/Messenger (unless you do). For example, no metadata is also metadata, the same way, every type of person and communication has a different meaning and purpose. This way, you do not need to reinvent the communication wheel and is effortless, since others are doing the work for you.
That's occurred to me too! It seems we have independently discovered a fairly productive way to use social media.
I usually select exactly who I will be on a platform beforehand. Not to misrepresent anything, but just make sure the platform works for me (and others) instead of wasting everyone's time.
Then on the major platforms I choose not to use, I create profiles with an incorrect set of associations, history, and interests. They're going to end up with my data one way or another, so I may as well take control of the narrative and render it inert.