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Anonymous 09/17/2026 (Thu) 10:49:28 No. 1980
Do you feel anxious about having an online presence? Wherever I look, people are more than happy to post their faces, or God forbid, the faces of their children for the world to see. Meanwhile I feel dread the possibility of having a picture being taken with me in it, knowing that it will probably be uploaded online for anybody to access, and even if no one were to see it, it will be scraped by companies to train their AI. I can't wrap my head around as to why everyone is more than happy to do this. Every profile you have is a possible attack surface, every paper trail is another lead if you piss off the wrong person. Even if you're a good boy "without anything to hide", a leak is all it takes and now your data is a commodity for criminals. And when I tell people I don't want to use social media, I'm seen as a "freak". Why? Has the pot slowly been boiling for them, that they can't see any other way to live?
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>>1980 i dont do social media either. My reason is that I would feel a lot of pressure if I were to publicize my life, and there is no benefit, so I don't. You are talking about ai, leaks, crazies... Do ai and leaks really matter? The way to stop cybercriminals/scammers/billionaires is through regulation and law enforcement, not through boycotting. About crazy people, none of the people i know have a public or name+surname instagram, and it has features to manage what content is shown to who, so i dont think any of them have a reason to worry about that, despite using social media.
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>>1980 >I'm seen as a "freak". Why? Has the pot slowly been boiling for them, that they can't see any other way to live? They are retarded and gay.
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I don't really like social media myself. I have a small social media presence but even on things like Faceberg I never post my face. I really don't see the point in it and I don't think bragging to the void about things I have done is worth the footprint.
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I dont think in that way, im more like "the conpanies will have my informatons anyway" but i get really mad how people cant see that the trends and repentine mass os missinformation is somethin with an intention behind. Its like people forget that if 'something is free, its because yure the product'.
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>>1984 what do you mean by mass os misinformation
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i had one ig and facebook accounts, which i deleted sometime ago. there was no information on them beyond my name, and yet i still regret it vengence


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