Time to draw my conclusions: I am not switching from Twitter/X to Bluesky: I am retiring from social media altogether. And I hope everybody who wants to keep their thoughts sane, does the same. Do not let your thoughts get infected by uncurated drivel from just anybody with an opinion.

The value that any of these social networks bring nowadays is non-existent or negative. In the beginning there were well-intented people sharing thought, so I was positive, but I was naive: I should have known that such a place attracts reactionaries, pundits, trolls and just plain old dirty ads.

Without thought, truthseeking and an effort to stay objective most of these opinions bring no value to the table, only chaos and people being mislead. Luckily they were mostly private until Hyves, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

I should add this still is the case in 2025 as well..

If a check needs to be done, it needs to be done on the id card anyway, because everybody can choose any name on any ticket without any check. But the actual check that would be useful (id card check) is not done at all.. sigh... Bureaucracy

I think it is certainly possible, but just don't mistake it for meaning: I know how to work with every detail of every possible part of any tech stack. That is not possible neither necessary. My guess is that is the misunderstanding.

www.computable.nl/2024/11/21/k...

Oh and this should be added to the list of risks. www.computable.nl/2024/11/18/m...

I'm open to hearing other views on this.

Note that this is different from depending on foreign-origin hardware that is owned and administered by these governments themselves. Extra note: to be able to fully administer them, you should be curating every change / connection / update that takes place and be fully aware of what's done and why.