I couldn’t agree more about how to take control of your digital consumption from, “The Center for Humane Technology”. Here’s the link and a snippet from the web site:
https://www.humanetech.com/take-control
I thought I understood the general concepts and algorithms that companies like google, Facebook, twitter, etc. use but I was astounded about how much it impacts us as a society. The documentary, “The Social Dilemma”, on Netflix, is filled with conversations with many of the original architects of these systems and how monetization though ad targeting is driving behavior modification of billions of people worldwide.
The Social Dilemma also goes on to explain how our younger populations are being affected and correlates the dramatic increase in many conditions like anxiety are due the nature of keeping someone always engaged in a platform for monetary gain.
I already started getting off a number of social platforms, Facebook and Instagram being the latest – but now I’m really concerned about how being online is effecting my daughters.
What’s the answer? I don’t know but I can tell you that I am more willing than ever to pay for services that are not ad driven. I already have a pi-hole for ad blocking, and use cleanbrowsing.org for DNS filtering. But what do you do that when you use gmail? Use a iPhone or Google Android phone? Is it flip phone time again? I don’t know what to think really. And that’s a good thing.
What I can say is I would highly recommend the documentary.
This page is to document my trials with zfs snapshots for backup purposes. There a problem I found that entails when incremental snapshot sends are performed when the receive side has changed in some way. I’ll provide complete details soon. Good news my zfs retention script looks to be running well. I’ll document that as well soon. Here’s a teaser…
Good Morning!
After not being active on Facebook for almost a year now I made the move to completely delete my account. While it was surprisingly tough initially it was a great decision. I realized all the ads and shaped content was not worth the family and friend connection I was actually seeking. My account on Instagram will probably be deleted soon as well. I’m getting ads and such on that platform as well. It’s not surprising since Instagram is also owned by Facebook.
I’m available through more conventional, old school means, and I am slowly updating my web site so I can communicate on my own terms without pushing content on anyone. I do have a means to share photos out for the family so if you’re interested let me know and I’ll send you a link to my own personal cloud share.
Thanks and I hope to hear from you sometime!
