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Holy shit

2022-03-31 18:20:02.765911+02 by Dan Lyke 4 comments

Holy shit: Facebook has deactivated the accounts of *all* of the admins of the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs FB group. Any media contact I've got want to run a story about this?

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#Comment Re: Holy shit made: 2022-03-31 21:39:49.930026+02 by: Dan Lyke

Allan Hurst's FB post yesterday made me aware that there was shit going on in Facebook confirmed by David D. Levine. noted in that thread:

#Comment Re: Holy shit made: 2022-05-05 03:04:58.574806+02 by: meuon

It's time for smart people to evolve back to a decentralized web.

#Comment Re: Holy shit made: 2022-05-05 09:28:15.801541+02 by: spc476

Dan, Insta­My­Face­Me­Linked­In­Gram­Space­Book­We is a walled garden, and even if you are logged in, you might not be able to read the article.

#Comment Re: Holy shit made: 2022-05-05 21:17:24.827145+02 by: Dan Lyke

Yeah, especially since Allan filters most of his stuff to a particular list (for pretty good reasons).

Short version: Facebook temporarily suspended a sh*load of accounts. The IAGSDC admins are back now, I forgot to update this with the additional info of the time, but it reinforces the "if you don't know 3 separate ways to contact this person, your social connections aren't secure".

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