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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. IM 🍑HIM‏Verified account @ziyatong 16 Apr 2017

      Well said.pic.twitter.com/o9375Vh3qD

      11 replies 49 retweets 109 likes
    2. Taha Anis‏ @Taha_Anis 16 Apr 2017
      Replying to @ziyatong

      Ironic that you share this on another social network?

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 17 Apr 2017
      Replying to @Taha_Anis @ziyatong

      Not ironic at all, wholly expected. See https://ar.al/notes/spyware-vs-spyware/ … And here’s the whole article: https://ar.al/notes/encouraging-individual-sovereignty-and-a-healthy-commons/ …

      12:39 AM - 17 Apr 2017
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        2. Taha Anis‏ @Taha_Anis 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @aral @ziyatong

          He might as well have been shouting 'the government is spying on us' while wearing a tin-foil hat. Social Media is not sinister.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @Taha_Anis

          Umm, “he” is me and you don’t need a tin foil hat, you just need to understand their business model. See earlier link. +@ziyatong

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Taha Anis‏ @Taha_Anis 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @aral @ziyatong

          You know you can always leave fb right? You know they have the right to monetise you? You know you don't have to do it? Where's the evil?

          2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. IM 🍑HIM‏Verified account @ziyatong 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @Taha_Anis @aral

          I've never been on facebook for those exact reasons. ✌🏽

          1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
        6. Taha Anis‏ @Taha_Anis 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @ziyatong @aral

          What reasons? Plus he is grouping Facebook and Google together, so you shouldn't be using Google either?

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        7. IM 🍑HIM‏Verified account @ziyatong 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @Taha_Anis @aral

          for the reason that I don't monetize my relationships & avoid being targetted by advertisers in a world of overconsumption

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        8. Taha Anis‏ @Taha_Anis 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @ziyatong @aral

          I am a journalist. Please read my articles. The link is in my description. I just targeted you for marketing. Will you now leave twitter?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        9. IM 🍑HIM‏Verified account @ziyatong 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @Taha_Anis @aral

          https://www.thebalance.com/facebook-vs-twitter-privacy-issues-3515066 …

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        1. Taha Anis‏ @Taha_Anis 17 Apr 2017
          Replying to @aral @ziyatong

          I am all for critical thinking but must we try and create melodramatic scenarios for everything? The article reads like a mad man's rambling

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