Least-Intrusive Social Media Platforms; Reddit and Snapchat Leads The Way. (vocal.media)
from Lordin1@beehaw.org to technology@beehaw.org on 26 Oct 22:19
https://beehaw.org/post/16744807

There is a new method used to calculate the least and most intrusive social media. The social media that collects personal data most might surprise you; I said might.

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Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz on 26 Oct 22:24 next collapse

It might be useful if they had bothered to link to the report they’re referencing, or maybe even tell us who made the report.

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al on 26 Oct 23:19 next collapse

Figma, Netflix and Spotify are social media platforms now?

averyminya@beehaw.org on 26 Oct 23:59 next collapse

Spotify playlists I guess?

Doombot1@lemmy.one on 27 Oct 04:30 collapse

Figma balls

DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com on 26 Oct 23:37 next collapse

Jesus - they don’t even name the report so interested people can search for it. Lame.

Also, least-intrusive doesn’t mean most-trustworthy. Just don’t use any of them or, if you do, be sure to take all steps at your disposal to not give any personal information to them.

Banichan@dormi.zone on 26 Oct 23:49 next collapse

LIES

tuckerm@supermeter.social on 27 Oct 00:57 next collapse

Reddit's approach is refreshingly simple - you can be completely anonymous if you want to be. You don't need to share your real name, personal photos, or life details to be part of the community.

This has already changed a bit, and I suspect it will be changing more in the future. They've shut down third party apps already, meaning they can get a unique identifier for your phone when you're using the official Reddit app, and are making it harder to browse without being logged in. Anonymity is not just about hiding your real name; if they have your full Reddit use patterns between all of your devices, they know more than enough about you to show highly targeted ads and tweak their algorithm to fit your personality profile. Your legal name is not even relevant -- but also, would probably be easy enough to figure out by matching your Reddit interests with your Facebook/Google interests.

seang96@spgrn.com on 27 Oct 01:25 next collapse

Those disappearing messages aren’t just fun - they’re actually helping protect your privacy by not keeping your data around forever.

I highly doubt this is true.

blindbunny@lemmy.ml on 27 Oct 02:12 next collapse

Well that’s a fucking lie

Midnitte@beehaw.org on 27 Oct 11:08 collapse

Man, wait till this journalist hears about this little thing called the Fediverse.