Two queries for you, fedi friends #askfedi :blobfoxconfused: 1) Do any of those "erase your data from the #Internet" tools the YouTube creators are always advertising actually help? I feel like the spam texts are getting oddly specific, and also I have talked my fair share of shit about the […] - ThreadSky

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aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy • 7 days ago

Two queries for you, fedi friends #askfedi :blobfoxconfused:

1) Do any of those "erase your data from the #Internet" tools the YouTube creators are always advertising actually help? I feel like the spam texts are getting oddly specific, and also I have talked my fair share of shit about the […]

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thesofafox.social.sofalounge.club.ap.brid.gy•6 days ago

@aronow I would recommend against data broker removal tools personally. They may do what they say they do to some extent, but it ends up centralizing all of your possibly sensitive data to one entity. Not exactly the best idea imho.

As far as your screen name, you can only change your display […]

thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

@aronow on #2, no, unfortunately not, as Mastodon encodes usernames into the URLs of everything — makes it next to impossible to change the username, because everything you've ever published would need to be updated.

(This is actually an anti-pattern in ActivityPub, using usernames in URLs for […]

dave.alvarado.social.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

@thisismissem @aronow agreed, although there *may* be a way for you to do it via the transfer tool, like when you move servers. I don't know if you can use that on the same server, but at minimum you could transfer to a different server, then transfer back with a new name.

Or, you could just […]

thisismissem.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

@dave @aronow you'd loose your post history but keep your followers.

aronow.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

@thisismissem ahh, thank you!! It weirdly makes me feel better there’s a reason and not just “no name changes for you” :blobfoxcrylaugh:

@dave can’t speak for Emelia but I didn’t feel mansplained and always appreciate more info - I find all this fascinating! :blobfoxheartcute:

dave.alvarado.social.ap.brid.gy•7 days ago

@thisismissem @aronow FML I probably just came off as mansplaining to a Fediverse expert. Sorry about that.

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