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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-25T08:24:22.000Z",
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  "textContent": "FranklyFlawless:\n\n> Neither, it is about the perception of my contributions by others. On social media platforms, people generally interpret my words personally and treat them as a hostile threat, but on Discourse, people can generally hold an argument without being offended. The capability for people to have healthy dialogue is what separates the two cultures.\n\nI see. And what makes Discourse so special? What do you think people are more considerate to what you have to say there?\n\nTo be frank, I don’t fully understand how Discourse work. To me, it seems somewhat similar to commenting platforms like Disqus, which allow you to comment on any website that supports it with one account.\n\nmooseberg:\n\n> PurpleDime:\n>\n>> I was wondering why you wrote Discourse with a capital D. I had never heard of that platform before.\n>\n> You’re on it right now, it’s the platform powering this forum\n\nWow! I had no idea! Thanks for letting me know!\n\nIn general, different platforms have different audiences. It doesn’t surprise me that there are tone shifts, slight or greater, when you move from one platform to another. You also gotta remember that it’s not uncommon for tone to be misunderstood in writing, especially across cultures. But of course, there are rude people everywhere, and some people will get upset if you say you hate their favorite film.\n\noverdrawn98901:\n\n> Misunderstanding on my part. Yes I can see this as a gripe, and would be annoyed at this as well.\n\nNo worries.\n\njonah:\n\n> If I were only starting out now, maybe I would in fact do all of this differently, I really don’t know\n\nYou’re somewhat of a public figure so it’s a little trickier, but for everyone, if you used you real name online for years it is always possible to change course. You can delete some accounts and create new ones. And/or add new fake data points to confuse data scrapers. For example have different DOB and locations with accounts that have the same username.\n\nI know for example, that **Carissa Véliz** , who is a public figure, has made it a point to not share her date of birth, and she has been largely successful in that, even though I might have seen it listed once on a Spanish website. But again it could be fake.\n\n**IMPORTANT NOTE:** I once had an anonymous Twitter account for which I had not shared my DOB. I had that account for years. And then one day, I added a fake DOB and my account was immediately locked, because the DOB I chose meant that I was underage (under 13) when my account was created. They wanted me to share my ID to unlock the account. I never did and abandoned the account.\n\nThis is just a warning for those who may want to retroactively change their DOB or add a fake DOB to a platform that doesn’t have it. Make sure that the DOB you choose doesn’t make you underage when the account was created.",
  "title": "Why are so many privacy promoting people posting their personal data online?"
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