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Jeffool
Jeffool @ Jeffool @lemmy.world
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And the city would even place them at booths all over for the public's doxxing convenience

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  • I remember for a brief time Google offered up names, addresses, and phone numbers in their search results. Then after like a year (maybe less?) people decided to get freaked out over it. They offered a way to opt out, then just removed it entirely.

    I also remember back in the 90s, my mom and stepdad buying a 7 disc set of phone numbers and addresses. No idea why they did it... But it was a thing.

    • Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible

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  • I'm not arguing that Twitter is a good platform; I left it back in November for Mastodon and I've been happy with the switch. And if publishers want to run accounts labeled as "articles by Person A" and "articles on Topic B", (to essentially make them user-friends feeds, instead of asking newbies to learn how to add RSS,) I think that's great!

    I'm just saying if a journalist (or any creator really,) is going to be active on social media, that it's worth to work for the best interest as much as possible. Cultivating their circle on a neutral (between them and their publisher) platform is better for them than working exclusively on a platform owned by their publisher, locking in everything they do socially there. Be that Mastodon, IG, or whatever fits them and their style.

    • Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible

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  • I absolutely get you; you'd think companies would want this. However employees probably shouldn't want this. It's generally probably better for them that they work for their own brand when possible, so I'm hesitant to suggest this become a thing.