▲ 815 ▼ Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy (www.404media.co) submitted 2 years ago by spaduf@slrpnk.net to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (3 children) Make another account permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) That one got banned too. I can't even signup for a lot of these services. I get banned before I even make a post. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Honestly, if you're going to do both, do bluesky and mastodon. Bluesky isn't properly decentralised the way mastodon is, but a lot of influential people are there. Also it's way better than twitter was. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* You need to use a different device and IP address. IP addresses are a dead giveaway for someone trying to create a second account, and even with a different address, browsers are easy to reliably fingerprint. The reason for using an entirely different device* is to prevent advertising crap baked into your software from sending Twitter or other platforms any unique advertising ID associated with one of your old, banned IP addresses. *With careful setup, a virtual machine with a dedicated VLAN and internet connection would work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) That one got banned too. I can't even signup for a lot of these services. I get banned before I even make a post. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Honestly, if you're going to do both, do bluesky and mastodon. Bluesky isn't properly decentralised the way mastodon is, but a lot of influential people are there. Also it's way better than twitter was. permalink fedilink source parent [–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* You need to use a different device and IP address. IP addresses are a dead giveaway for someone trying to create a second account, and even with a different address, browsers are easy to reliably fingerprint. The reason for using an entirely different device* is to prevent advertising crap baked into your software from sending Twitter or other platforms any unique advertising ID associated with one of your old, banned IP addresses. *With careful setup, a virtual machine with a dedicated VLAN and internet connection would work. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Honestly, if you're going to do both, do bluesky and mastodon. Bluesky isn't properly decentralised the way mastodon is, but a lot of influential people are there. Also it's way better than twitter was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* You need to use a different device and IP address. IP addresses are a dead giveaway for someone trying to create a second account, and even with a different address, browsers are easy to reliably fingerprint. The reason for using an entirely different device* is to prevent advertising crap baked into your software from sending Twitter or other platforms any unique advertising ID associated with one of your old, banned IP addresses. *With careful setup, a virtual machine with a dedicated VLAN and internet connection would work. permalink fedilink source parent