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# Linux and Social Media - and How They Coexist?
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- source idea: <https://micronews.debian.org/2025/1738154246.html>
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> **NOTE:**
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> It is clear this was a simple explanation about leaving X/Twitter.
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> The link below is a scrapped commit message that was **NOT** used by Jean-Pierre Giraud.
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> <https://salsa.debian.org/publicity-team/announcements/-/commit/d73fbdb72052729925e78661f5a50a95719c9644>
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- Debian fosstodon: <https://fosstodon.org/@debian@framapiaf.org>
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### **The Social Media Dilemma for Linux Users**
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**Privacy concerns, tracking, and the open-source struggle**
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#### **I. Intro: The Eternal Conflict**
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- We love Linux because it’s private, open-source, and respects our freedom.
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- But... we also like doomscrolling and arguing online.
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- Social media and FOSS ideals don’t mix well — so what do we do?
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#### **II. Privacy? What Privacy?**
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- **Big Tech is Watching (Always).**
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- Every click, like, and scroll is tracked.
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- Your data isn’t just collected — it’s sold, analyzed, and used to keep you online longer.
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- **Linux Users Prefer to Be Ghosts.**
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- We disable telemetry, block trackers, and say "no" to anything closed-source.
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- But somehow, we’re still on Twitter ranting about it.
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#### **III. Tracking: Can We Actually Escape?**
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- **Social Media Knows More About You Than You Do.**
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- Even if you use Linux, tracking scripts, cookies, and fingerprinting follow you around.
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- **The Workarounds (That Almost Work).**
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- Firefox with privacy extensions (uBlock Origin, NoScript, etc.).
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- VPNs, Tor, and pretending incognito mode is enough.
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#### **IV. Open-Source Social Media: The Underdog Story**
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- **Mastodon, Pixelfed, and the Fediverse Dream.**
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- Decentralized? Yes.
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- Where does BlueSky fit?
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- Full of tech nerds and very little drama? Also yes.
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- Will your friends ever switch? Probably not.
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- **Self-Hosting: The Ultimate Power Move.**
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- Run your own Mastodon server and control your data!
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- Downside: Now you’re an unpaid sysadmin for your friends.
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#### **V. The Inevitable Conclusion**
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- Can Linux users ever find the perfect balance?
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- Do we accept some tracking for the sake of staying connected?
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- Or do we just quit social media and yell into the void (aka IRC)?
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