Anyone using #Spoutible #Tribel or #Bluesky should carefully read the ToS and privacy policies of each site, with special focus on user data collection and sharing.
Spoiler alert: It's not good, and your privacy is NOT being protected on those networks. Also hit the tags in this post to read more about those sites that their owners won't tell you.
Then compare against CoSo's policies:
https://counter.social/privacy.html
Remember, you are either the customer or the commodity.
@voltronic I thought there was something sketchy about spout and have not used it since being invited to set up an account then being told it was a beta invite
CS seems like a place I should spend more time
@John_Downey
The first thing sketchy about Spoutible is the owner. He's a bit unhinged. Combine that with the invasive user data policies that are as bad as Facebook, and it's not a place you want to be.
@voltronic
I had heard this. I didn't know what to make of him. BotSen is a good idea and a great marketing tool, to me anyway, for selling ad space. I'd be more inclined to sponsor content if I knew mostly real people saw it. I'd trip over myself for access to an audience as progressive as some of us appear. But Bouzy set up, then stepped on, that during a long overthink (or just posturing?) when rolling out spout.
I would not touch fb with a barge pole, so thanks for data use info!
@John_Downey
Don't take my word for it; go read their policies for yourself.