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Man what happened to this place? (talk.macstack.net)

submitted 11 months ago by Macs_Died_In_1997@talk.macstack.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

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All the old discussions are gone and the users with them. Are we all that stupid that we've all moved on to Facebook and Instagram so we can be better monitored by NSA, or am I missing something here?

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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 85 points 11 months ago

It appears you just moved to your personal instance. Unfortunately you can't federate with past posts and comments until there is activity on them.

So subscribe to a bunch of communities here and there, then just wait a day and your feed should start filling up more.

I think there are bot tools that can help with that process.

[-] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 51 points 11 months ago

Self hosting and then asking this on a tech community is kind of ironic.

[-] abecede@feddit.de 61 points 11 months ago

... asks someone who created their account 30 minutes before submitting this post about the "good old times".

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 27 points 11 months ago

Well I agree with the overall sentiment of your post, I want to point out that Lemmy, being federated and open, is even easier to monitor for the NSA and other such people. They don't even need a warrant. They just need to subscribe to the activity pub feed

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yep

It's better for privacy in that the platforms themselves collect only the information necessary for interactions to work, but 'worse' in that the information must be available openly.

Apps like Facebook and Tiktok request permissions to collect any data they can get their hands on, including sensors on your phone you might not have known about and extensive fingerprinting across the web browser. But they keep that data to use, abuse, and sell themselves. A random person on the internet can't access it, but powerful companies and government agencies get to do that instead.

Federated platforms only collect the data needed to function (ex. Upvotes, comments, and the accounts they're attached to), but then that data must be accessible to all instances in order for federation to work.

In my opinion it's still a lot better, but people should know how it works.

If you want to have a private conversation or group on the fediverse, there are separate platforms for those.

[-] Gamers_Mate@kbin.social 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I am not sure about this place though some tech communities I have lost interest in because they became less about cool tech and stuff and more about the companies themselves.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago

Check out some of the communities on slrpnk.net, there's a focus on diy tech and stuff. the technology communities on lemmy.ml, beehaw.org and here have generally cast a wide net on topics.

[-] Aurelius@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

This community in particular or do you feel this toward all of Lemmy?

[-] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Right? What are the specifics here?

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

@Rentlar@lemmy.ca pretty much explained the issue.

Would suggest asking these questions in the dedicated community for selfhosters, who'd be able to point you to specific tools and things you can use to populate your instance with new data from across lemmy !selfhosted@lemmy.world

Edit: fix community link

[-] Eyelessoozeguy@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Maybe a bunch of people are getting frustrated with social media and are starting to touch grass.

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

I rather smoke grass…

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