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comment by guybrush
guybrush  ·  4349 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How do you use other social media?

I was comfortable sharing my information with Facebook back in 2007. But as time has gone on I have become more cynical of their collection and use of personal data. I think this opinion was formed based on individual incidents (opening it up to search engines, changing of privacy settings) and largely uninformed media hype. Over the same period, I have become increasingly aware of my online 'footprint'. I want to get into politics later in life and don't want my opinions/photos/data being taken out of context in the future. Therefore, I prefer social media where my real identity is not disclosed.