What social media site do you use?

If you look at my wife she is big on Facebook. If you look at my sons I have no idea what they are using now but I know that before they were doing Snapchat, Instagram, BeReal and others. Personally, I post only on Hive. Well, my wife made an account for me on Facebook and has posted to it on occasion but as for myself...only Hive.

Why Hive?

Well, I'm not really a social media person. I don't want everyone knowing what I'm doing and everything else that happens in my life. Then again, I want to leave a bit of a rabbit trail for my kids and grandkids in case they should ever be curious about my life. Hive seemed the right place to do that.

Why make other people rich?

If you look at Facebook the person who founded it is very rich. I would say that the person who founded Instagram got very rich also. TikTok? Rich. Truth Social? Rich. WeChat? Rich.

Are you seeing a trend here? People give their time and attention to the app. The app gives that time and attention to advertisers. The app gets rich and you send up spending money. All while you are giving out personal details on your life for free.

Am I against social media platforms? Actually no. Do I think any of them should be banned, stopped, or otherwise scrapped? Also no. Even though I would be loathe to use them.

The reason is simple. When I use these sites I'm giving the site my private data. I'm giving them the ability to use my photos. I'm giving them the ability to use my articles. I'm giving then pieces of my life so they get more money and power. That doesn't seem like a fair exchange.

.....and governments and corporations are figuring this out. Wonder why WeChat is ubiquitous in China? China can watch it and see everything their people do. All their chats, all their purchases, even all the places they went on the train system. Oh how wonderful for a government to watch over its people and keep things orderly.

Which is why the US government wanted to place a ban on TikTok. It is one thing when the Chinese government watches Chinese people, but what about when they watch American ones? The government steps in and poof banned...or it would be if there weren't so many people using the site.

Then we have sites that crop up like Truth Social. Why? Because President Trump didn't like being censored and/or banned by sites like Facebook and Twitter. Speaking of Twitter... it was bought out and rebranded of "X" because a wealthy individual wanted to reinstate some people and posts while silencing others.

I find it amusing that many people want privacy and don't want governments and corporations interfering with their lives but then give away their privacy so they can connect with friends.

My least favorite sites

I will admit there there are social media sites that I dislike. Truth Social as it seems like a blatant attempt by one or a few individuals to have a site where they can say anything with impunity. Only Fans as it is very much a site where individuals sell favors to others for money and views. Seems kind of sleazy.

But I have no desire to police people and how they get in touch with others.

I value freedom of speech. If someone wants to tell a story, show a video, tell a big whopping lie or whatever else people do on social media....that is up to them. If people want to give away something for valuable that again is their right in my eyes. Of in the case of WeChat...if people wish to have a more comfortable life by following the policies of the government, why would I stand in the way of that?

But I'll still stick with Hive

For all it's quirks and problems... I still trust it to be censor resistant. My posts are my own and will likely never be deleted. No one will censor me. No one can take away my username(s). Even better, because people have a limited number of texts or posts ... daily... there is little chance of a flame war or trolling. Neither pays off in upvotes (which is very important on Hive) and both can ruin a person's trust ratigng which is also important.

Sure I may get few to no views on my posts and I can live with that.

Of course you may disagree and I'd love to hear that in the comments and if you feel so inclined feel free to stop me a letter. I do typically enjoy getting responses.

Thanks for your time so far,

Until next post :)