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This is more about avoiding having a digital identity. I recently created a second Twitter account to create some separation between personal and business inter

This is more about avoiding having a digital identity. I recently created a second Twitter account to create some separation between personal and business interests, conversations, etc. Not that I want to have two identities, but I would like to be able to distinguish between them. It was not difficult, but required some effort to create separation (I didn't want twitter suggesting my "business" account to my friends I already followed on my personal account). Facebook was another story. I have never had a Facebook account until a couple of weeks ago. I took on a new hobby recently, and the most active community around this topic is exclusively on Facebook. I joined and immediately disabled the ability to be seen to the extent I saw possible. But then Facebook disabled my account within 24 hours – the irony! They allowed a review process, which required a selfie (they clearly know my identity through facial recognition, despite having never supplied a picture myself). They let me back in fairly quickly. But I hate having to "support" the ecosystem. And it turns out I cannot friend anybody without allowing their friends to view my account.

hpoe 5y ago
One thing that helped me a lot with this is Firefox containers. I started using it just to separate work and personal, but now I have Work, Personal, School, my professional blog, and my DND sessions and it is great, it really promotes separation and helps me manage all of them seamlessly and independently.
- shanecleveland 5y ago
  That's a good tip. Thanks. Twitter actually makes it easy to switch between accounts in their app, but I do have a mangled mess of folders, files, bookmarks, etc.
ticviking 5y ago
We don't have to support it. We are unwilling to pay the cost of the friction facebook removes from our ability to connect to their community.
- shanecleveland 5y ago
  Are you saying that without Facebook the community wouldn't exist because participants wouldn't pay to play? I'm just not quite clear on your comment.
  - ryandrake 5y ago
    I think OP's point was: Nobody is forced to use Facebook. People choose to use it even though they hate supporting the ecosystem, because it makes some things convenient. Pretty obvious point but some people here (not you) claim that participation is something you are essentially forced to do, for whatever reason.
    - shanecleveland 5y ago
      That makes sense. I totally agree. There are existing, well-established online communities outside of Facebook for this particular topic I am interested in. And now that I have found out about the Facebook group, I see why they appear to be slowly dying. OP seemed to imply it's Facebook or nothing. I disagree with that. And I think there are many examples of communities outside of Facebook that do it well in a privacy-friendly way that are well supported by its members. I am definitely making an un-forced choice to join to have access to their content. The trade-off, of course, is that I have to agree to their terms and offer my pseudo "support."
Seb-C 5y ago
I created a fake Facebook account two years ago (no photo, no friends, fake name and random profile informations) just to be able to see the events around me. Ironically I never got banned, while I hear all those stories about legitimate users getting blocked...
- sunshineforever 5y ago
  Ive experienced the same. Facebook must be 'have a file' on non users
alfiedotwtf 5y ago
Yep :( I only had to activate a Facebook account because the Oculus Quest 2 required it. I’d rather not have an account

hpoe 5y ago

One thing that helped me a lot with this is Firefox containers. I started using it just to separate work and personal, but now I have Work, Personal, School, my professional blog, and my DND sessions and it is great, it really promotes separation and helps me manage all of them seamlessly and independently.

shanecleveland 5y ago
That's a good tip. Thanks. Twitter actually makes it easy to switch between accounts in their app, but I do have a mangled mess of folders, files, bookmarks, etc.

ticviking 5y ago

We don't have to support it. We are unwilling to pay the cost of the friction facebook removes from our ability to connect to their community.

shanecleveland 5y ago
Are you saying that without Facebook the community wouldn't exist because participants wouldn't pay to play? I'm just not quite clear on your comment.
- ryandrake 5y ago
  I think OP's point was: Nobody is forced to use Facebook. People choose to use it even though they hate supporting the ecosystem, because it makes some things convenient. Pretty obvious point but some people here (not you) claim that participation is something you are essentially forced to do, for whatever reason.
  - shanecleveland 5y ago
    That makes sense. I totally agree. There are existing, well-established online communities outside of Facebook for this particular topic I am interested in. And now that I have found out about the Facebook group, I see why they appear to be slowly dying. OP seemed to imply it's Facebook or nothing. I disagree with that. And I think there are many examples of communities outside of Facebook that do it well in a privacy-friendly way that are well supported by its members. I am definitely making an un-forced choice to join to have access to their content. The trade-off, of course, is that I have to agree to their terms and offer my pseudo "support."

Seb-C 5y ago

I created a fake Facebook account two years ago (no photo, no friends, fake name and random profile informations) just to be able to see the events around me. Ironically I never got banned, while I hear all those stories about legitimate users getting blocked...

sunshineforever 5y ago
Ive experienced the same. Facebook must be 'have a file' on non users

alfiedotwtf 5y ago

Yep :( I only had to activate a Facebook account because the Oculus Quest 2 required it. I’d rather not have an account