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Facebook's behaviour has been reprochable for a long time now. Manipulating its users, charging businesses to appear in the feed of people that explicitly follow them, and being a place for all sorts of fringe groups to advertise. After the clear support given to the new president, they had to go.
Next on my list is Amazon. The convenience of their shopping platform and the interesting content that can be found on Prime is what made me a customer. But leaving Amazon is much harder than it seems.
I emptied my twitter account and deleted the app In Nov 2022. The decision was easy to make because there didn't seem to be any doubts even back then as to where it was headed. Two years later, I have a hard time understanding why anyone would still be there.
I'm writing this about a week after the American president's inauguration ceremony where the Nazis took over and revealed their hand for all to see. I'm looking at the clown show from the neighboring country and I imagine that's how the people in Poland felt.
In truth I don't know, I wasn't there. But that is the thought that came to my head.
I am currently in the process of closing a lot of my social media accounts and I wanted to reclaim my space on the web. In this process, I have made some updates to my site.
Everyone knows this old saying: If you need to explain a joke, it ain't funny. Unfortunately, Mastodon is one of those things that need some explaining. I thought that I could take a shot at an onboarding guide that doesn't require a degree in serverology. Instead, I want to focus on the people that use Mastodon.
Some thoughts about the move to Mastodon and it's effects on me.