Dear #TwitterMigration folks, an important tip on #privacy on the fediverse:
There is none.
This is a public medium; please treat it as such. Just as you have no privacy on Twitter (Elon Musk can read all your DMs), you have no privacy on the instance you’re on (your administrators can read all your posts).
You can set the visibility of a post but that’s a viewing suggestion, not a privacy guarantee.
Think of your posts as postcards, not sealed letters, and you should be fine.
@Elaurijssens@mastodon.social@aral am I too paranoid or not paranoid enough if I say that I trust my server admin more than Elon Musk?
@Elaurijssens Depends on your server admin :)
@aral I might start my own server instance one day, true.
@Elaurijssens @aral One of the best things about the fediverse: if you distrust your server admin, you can move to another instance. On Twitter, you're stuck with musky boy.