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Originally Posted by MGlitch
If you want something private don’t tell anyone. This has been true far before the internet ever existed. Nothing you’ve pulled from this article nor from this thread are mandated actions. You are free to partake in them as you wish, Facebook has options that allow you to dictate who can and can’t tag you. You can also always remove tags of yourself from your photos or others. Twitter needs to catch up on this feature. I can’t speak to the others mentioned.
And lest anyone here thinks local mom and pop shops don’t keep some sort of tabs on what you buy I’ve got a bridge to sell you (I promise I won’t keep track of which bridge you want or anything  ) |
Moreover, using social media at all is not mandatory either. While I usually value convenience over privacy, I've not found Facebook, Twitter, Youtube etc particularly useful or convenient for me personally and so I seldom use them. I also feel no particular urge to constantly share the details of my personal life and my photos with random other people. Which doesn't mean I never do it; I just don't make a habit of it.
As to targeted ads etc, don't care. I use Adblock anyway and so see very few ads in general; ads via email get mostly archived unread, but occasionally I've found useful offers there. Not so much from Amazon or Google, but smaller stores I've bought things from. So I don't really mind.