Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@cbbdidlq@noagendasocial.com I have done this with
0.0.0.0 facebook.com for example.

Not sure if there is a difference or you maybe do 127.0.0.1 on windows.

Facebook gets blocked either way

I did the same for Microsoft too.

@aral Ok no problem, hopefully you're not down too long.

@terrancebrown@mastodon.social If I see something interesting on here I will share , but also mention I saw it here first, inviting people to also interact here if they want to ask more questions.

Provides evidence that there IS interesting content and people on the Fediverse.

I am on both, but slowly but surely finding myself here more, less toxic, better posts, decent engating interaction and a higher class of user.

However by mentioning content (or at least links) from here, that is interest to twitter followers my entice a few here.

@feditips Excellent work on that, Will share as i am trying to raise more awareness of Mastodon

@aral Maybe big tech are scared of what you are trying to do.

@R3ll1k5 @aral
Looks like
Aurélien Grosdidier
@alatitude77 is in to cybersecurity too, just followed for the #centos post

@aral They are like the borg you get assimilated by google, MS, Facebook

I wonder if the people who designed the bill gates / locutus graphic for sourceforge (or one of the websites) back in the 90's somehow fortold the future where these big tech companies just grab you and make it harder to let go.

@TheGuardian Short term, what science evidence is there for any long term effects of this ?

@R3ll1k5 Welcome to Mastodon, I am sure you will find like minded people here @aral is worth following for his work on small web, but there are many others.

@Mayana
If I upload an image, how do I add a description.?

Adding duckduckgo to chrome,

https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/duck-duck-go-search

Please check back on the 20th for adding DDG to Firefox Browser

#freedom #privacy #advoacy

@a1batross I think there are 5 if you include Apple.

With advocacy we perhaps need to we should perhaps concentrate on mentioning alternatives

GNU, Linux Mastodon etc or find 4/5 who will represent the oppostite and who can help us take control

So rather than trying to tell me what NOT to use, tell me what TO use, a form of positive reinforcement, plus that then mentions the alternatives.

So which 4 could we use in that context

Mastodon Linux Firefox Nextcloud for example, so it is more a subliminal suggestion

Or several combinations, then find someone with decent graphcs skills to put lots of infographic type things together so we can share