Backseat Social Media Driver

[lb_lee]

 Mori: we have no dog in the social media wars so have mostly just watched Reddit and Twitter burn down with a detached, "watch that hurricane spin on the horizon, man am I glad we ain't closer," but we do appreciate the people who have moved to cohost.org because that's the only damn one of them that doesn't require an account to view AND allows RSS. (Meaning we can follow along with your sweet hamster pics.)

Bsky and tumblr both require accounts to view (though tumblr's real unpredictable on that count, sometimes it cuts you off after a few posts, sometimes it doesn't) and Threads... look, Instagram is the worst, I dread people linking me their stuff on Instagram because it's a coin flip whether I can see it or not, I would rather eat lard straight than go to Threads.

Some handy articles by Kiriska:

• How to Build a Personal Website
• The Only Way to Beat the Algorithm is to Retrain Your Audience
• Freedom from Algorithms: How to Use a Feed Reader

Comments

[hungryghosts]

I wouldn't put anything on there without first thinking about "what are the consequences if this leaks?" but tbh that's advice I give for pretty much every social media. My impression of Cohost staff is that they're pretty competent and well-meaning on the whole, but there's no such thing as totally bulletproof security.

So, overall, I don't put any identifying info there, not even on a locked account, but it's been perfectly fine for shitposting, fandomposting, and low-stakes socials.

edited to add: Also, they don't have any of their own tracking built in (no guarantees about any dependencies or embedded content from other users) and the only things they ask for on signup are an email and password, with the option to turn on 2FA after.