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Guy Swann
@TheGuySwann
Logged into Facebook today...

Me: [goes to Facebook]
Me: [enters email & password]
Facebook: "Confirm you are human"
Me: [identifies stoplights]
Facebook: "We sent a code to your gmail account"

Me: [goes to gmail]
Me: [enters email & password]
Gmail: "Confirm you are human"
Me: [identifies bridges]
Gmail: "We sent a code to your recovery email"

Me: [opens new gmail tab]
Me: [enters recovery email and password]
Gmail: "Confirm you are human"
Me: [identifies more stoplights]
Gmail: "Would you like to setup a recovery email?"
Me: "No"
Gmail: "Would you like to give us more personal information and your phone number?"
Me: "No"
Gmail: "Can we put cookies that track your entire web experience in your browser for your 'security' and 'convenience'?"
Me: "No"
Gmail: "Welcome to your email!"

Me: [finds security code for other gmail]
Me: [enters security code for other email login]
Gmail: "Would you like to give us more personal information and your phone number?"
Me: "No"
Gmail: "Can we put cookies that track your entire web experience in your browser for your 'security' and 'convenience'?"
Me: "No"
Gmail: "Welcome to your email!"

Me: [finds security code for facebook]
Me: [enters security code for facebook]
Facebook: "Would you like to give us more personal information and your phone number?"
Me: "No"
Facebook: "If you let us install this thing you'll conveniently be logged in every time you return to our website!"
Me: "No"
Facebook: "Welcome to Facebook! Also there's a much better experience if you let us install this thing and you'll conveniently be logged in every time you return to our website! Have you changed your mind from 6 seconds ago?"
Me: "No."

...

This is not an exaggeration. The internet is broken.
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Petr · 109w
It is just sad 😞
someone · 109w
they make u feel like a robot, then ask you to prove you are human
Stu · 109w
Facebook? 🀦🏽 Gmail? 🀦🏽 https://image.nostr.build/568d9d076b54c0292b5b80f4da6159d7ab15537deb0f0177566a419da1c63b89.jpg
Nic · 109w
Sounds like Gmail and Facebook are botphobic. Not very inclusive of them.
Ben's BTC stories · 109w
Mass corporate social media is broken. Stop using 'free' services where you are the product.
Alekandar Svetski · 109w
Bruh. PAIIIIIINNNNN I HATE THESE PEOPLE
Universal Bunny · 109w
...and this is why we Nostr
realjode · 109w
Yep , that’s why I #nostr , absolutely ridiculous πŸ’œπŸ«‚
nym · 109w
opt out!
SubPrime · 109w
Confirm so we can track you better. It's magic...
BTC Your Mind · 109w
This is why I moved my emails to protonmail and tutanota. I have privacy & control over my account.
RedEye · 109w
Nostr.
MickBurke · 109w
I've identified the problem: Me: [goes to Facebook]
Alisa Meu Pelo · 109w
make web 1.o great agin!!
@IsabelSydow Queen of Shrimps (but u can call me Dan.) · 109w
I am crying like a little gurl at the realization that all of the above is true and not about to get any better. We must focus on finding out how our #bitcoin #nostr escape pod will grow to the size of the many that will follow us in desperation after seeing us achieve peace, like no other, as we ...
The Marie βš‘οΈπŸ¦‚ · 109w
πŸ’―
MrMaggoo · 109w
Solution: leave Facebook!
Pegah · 109w
Totally true πŸ’―
47 · 109w
LMAO
nabs · 109w
It is not the internet that is broken. It is much of Big Tech and government. They seem to think they have enough of us sufficiently completely whipped that we will accept anything as normal and reasonable. And it thinks with some justification that the one that aren't whipped enough yet soon wil...
Bitcoin Boomer · 109w
Too funny. Yeah, it's getting pretty bad these days. I'm glad there's Nostr and OrangePillApp. By the way, I love Bitcoin Audible and AI Unchained. Good work!
Ζ‘Κ‰Ν«cΝ§ΠΊΝ­ΞΉΝͺΞ·Ν£ 𝕡𝖔𝖍𝖓 ⚑️⚑️ · 109w
But Nostr is Hard 🀣
CJ_Clippy · 109w
I'm glad you documented this. So many processes online are this way and it hurts my soul
Brunswick · 109w
Security through insanity
Nichro · 109w
*laughcries in Tor*
Hypno | seedkeys.xyz · 109w
Now, try setting up a new Twitter account... I had to, for work. And they make you jump through so many hoops. You even have to pay for your own SMS verification now!
ARVIN · 108w
🎯🎯🎯
Carolyn · 108w
It’s been this way for far too long. I hope our children find a better way.
joe · 108w
I have 15 email accounts that I use pretty regularly, and have them in thunderbird. I never have any problem checking my email or sending from any of the accounts. None are gmail. Why did you choose to use gmail for your email addresses?
Bitcoin Wizard πŸ§™πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ · 108w
It has become a nightmare. Surprisingly, some people don't even use ad-blockers these days. How can you navigate the web in that way is a mystery to me πŸ˜…"
(bit)Coin is Life · 108w
Yo!
𝔼𝕣π•ͺπ•Ÿ 𝔹𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕔𝕠 · 108w
YES. I hate it so much. I appreciate those saying β€œNostr fixes this” but the part it doesn’t really fix (at the moment, anyway) is that emails are like this. I have several email addresses that are not Gmail and most of them I no longer use, but they are used in account recovery. So every on...
EL · 108w
You are not alone πŸ˜„
nabs · 108w
Deleted my old FB account somewhere during COVID madness when I tired of the rampant propaganda, shouting down and censorship. Decided to sign back up 8 months ago for business reasons only. Though I jumped through their hoops they still suspended the account in 2 weeks saying they thought I was a...
daedalus · 107w
Thanks for making this journey so much fun 🀩πŸ₯³πŸ§‘