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At first, I was very cautious here. After Reddit, I was expecting that people would go through post histories and attack me for misunderstandings and call me an AI bot, like some users do in sites like Reddit.. But no. I haven't had any issues, even when I have put out more controversial opinions or asked dumb questions. I have gotten downvoted occasionally when I have been wrong or misunderstood, which is fair. I have gotten replies from people with different opinions, but they have been polite and sticked in the topic, which is fucking amazing. I haven't had a single even slightly unpleasant interaction so far.
Folk here have been very helpful, polite, funny or neutral. I'm actually becoming more brave at posting and commenting, and I no longer feel fearful/unpleasant when I see that I have an unread notification. Of course there are communities I have blocked or instances that I avoid but that's just to curate my feeds.
For me it's the opposite. Every time I make a fresh account on here I engage a lot in the beginning while the experience is still positive, then as the replies start to feel more pointed and personal I back off more and more.
"Every time I make a fresh account"
Why do you need to keep making new accounts?
Not op, but I keep deleting and creating new accounts too. It just internet hygiene at this point.
I'm from Bora Bora btw. See?
"Hygiene" as in "no-one would take me seriously with this comment history so time to make a new one"?
Hygiene as in I don't want to get doxxed, or have someone compiling a profile on me. What do I care if a rando takes me seriously or not? 🤷♂️
Do you post your name and/or address or anything that could be used to ID you? How is changing an account going to influence that.
"Someone compiling a profile on me"
Sure, yeah, buddy. "They're following YOU, but luckily making a new account completely gets rid of whatever tinfoil entity you're imagining."
The only people I could see that being a problem for is anyone part of anything organised and not wanting to get caught.
Considering the US government is currently dragging people to court over their innocuous social media posts, maybe this take is a little short-sighted.
Getting a murder-length sentence in Texas for hiding a box of antifascist zines is all you need to know about the new privacy situation.
Yes the US intelligence apparatus must be just so lost when you create a new account on Lemmy. Ofc they are. You're safe from them by doing that.
#/S
Honestly, bro, why do you even care? Being a smug prick over insignificant shit like this is exactly the kind of asshole behavior OP is posting about.
Why do you care that I care?
Hint: it's the same answer.
Also, I notice how you didn't say that I'm wrong.
"Mom, come, quick, you're never gonna believe this, people are being arrogant on online forums!"
High school was rough for you, wasn't it?
Depending on how you made that account, yes, that can completely foil a state-level adversary. Snowden got away.
Saying the government doesn't care about our shitposting has substance to it. Saying they have infinite surveillance power and also that's fine, on the other hand, feels like it's been reasoned backwards from a conclusion.
Thinking the government is interested in an individuals shit posting is beyond delusional.
Data only works as prediction when you have tons of it.
And for that it doesn't matter what your username is.