this.ven<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://qoto.org/@volkris" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>volkris</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>briankrebs</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@jerry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jerry</span></a></span> Before I started exploring the <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> last year, I've never used <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> at all: <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/noFacebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noFacebook</span></a>, <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/noInstgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noInstgram</span></a>, <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/noTicToc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noTicToc</span></a>, <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/noTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noTwitter</span></a>, <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/noYouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noYouTube</span></a>, etc.</p><p>Commercials driven platforms generally never appeal useful to me in terms of community building and communication. For this reason I successfully refrain from using <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/noDiscord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noDiscord</span></a>, <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/noSkype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noSkype</span></a>, <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/noTelegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noTelegram</span></a>, <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/noWhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noWhatsApp</span></a>, etc.</p><p>In my opinion people sacrifice a lot of their <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> and force others into the same dilemma because of the <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/NetworkEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkEffect</span></a> to gain using a tool for free more conveniently than spending some time to <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> alternatives.</p>