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Message 14772 (18. Dec. 2019 18:25) (Tree)

Lee Y
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Bernhard
Long time no post! Hope you are well - are you on Instagram? You need to get your pics up there!!!
Lee
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Lee Y: instagram (18. Dec. 2019 18:25)
 Bernhard
Long time no post! Hope you are well - are you on Instagram? You need to get your pics up there!!!
Lee
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Bernhard: instagram (18. Dec. 2019 18:42)
 Hi Lee,

good to hear from you!

: Long time no post! Hope you are well - are you on Instagram? You need to get your pics up there!!!

No, I am not on Instagram. And I also do not want to put my pictures there. This place does not try to make money off collecting and analyzing personal data (in contrast to the so called "social" web). It still has the spirit of those times when the internet was a place when this was mostly the case and I try to keep up this spirit.

Bernhard
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LeeY: instagram (23. Jan. 2020 22:17)
 Bernhard
I completely understand, though possible to just post and vet all that follow your profile and reject any too! I started posting to promote my work and thought it would be good to share all of my old pics, especially since so many friends have passed on - thought it a good way of sharing the memories. But lots of the new skaters have enjoyed them and seem to be very supportive - the new wave of skaters reminds me of the 80s era of enjoying skateboarding. The current skateboard era just seems removed from the enjoyment a bit.
best regards
lee
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Bernhard: instagram (23. Jan. 2020 22:40)
 Lee, it's good to read your messages!

Instagram belongs to Facebook. I saw Facebook a bit indifferently about 10 years ago before I learned that they strive to track you anywhere, not only on their own sites. That's when I stopped using Facebook. It is none of their business to know which other web sites I read and for how long.

When I learned in 2016 how Facebook data is misused to influence the voting behavior, I saw that the situation is even much worse than I imagined (I recently read "Mind F*ck" by Christopher Wylie, dealing with those activities. Highly recommended!). What can I say? I do not believe that those sites are for the betterment of mankind! Therefore, I try to keep up some alternative vision of a free internet without a hidden agenda. It is likely that not may will find this stuff but I think it is worthwhile.
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