And that’s easier on the fediverse than any other social media platform
This seems to be a big misunderstanding, if we’re talking votes and participation then you are right, but participating data is but a fraction of the data collected by all other forms of social media. Websites can track:
Login and usage times
Ip addresses
Every single action that is made, clicked, viewed, etc
And with apps they track
Notification data
Local network
User behaviour
User engagement
And depending on the given permissions much more
I own my instance, therefore I own the all of the data that could be tracked. Yes my participation is synced with the entire Fediverse, but nothing about my usage and behaviour is.
This seems to be a big misunderstanding, if we’re talking votes and participation then you are right, but participating data is but a fraction of the data collected by all other forms of social media. Websites can track:
And with apps they track
I own my instance, therefore I own the all of the data that could be tracked. Yes my participation is synced with the entire Fediverse, but nothing about my usage and behaviour is.