Importantly, I didn’t direct my response to the original post or the controversy as a whole. I don’t agree with you, but I hope you can agree that when people start comparing the situation to sexual assault, we might be leaning a little too far in.

I wasn’t disputing your sincerity. I responded like you did to the original (now deleted) post — with disagreement. I don’t agree that posting on a public forum and having your posts downloaded and archived even comes close to sexual assault.

It’s absolutely outrageous and borderline offensive to compare data collection on a free platform to sexual assault. By going out in public (using these platforms) you open yourself up to external perception to some extent. Your personal autonomy doesn’t take precedence over everyone else’s.