Lately I am trying to convince more and more people to join the fediverse and stop using facebook, instagram etc. One thing I find difficult is the following: If someone is not techsavy and (as bad as that sounds) doesn't care about privacy, which benefits do they get by joining the fediverse?
What are you convincing points for that?
@oilyfish @MrChainman RMS is forced into a very similar situation - he must convince ppl who don't care about s/w freedom to throw their support behind #freesoftware. This is his advice: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/compromise.html
@MrChainman @oilyfish Focus on #censorship, if you think your audience cares about that. Giving a #centralized dictator all power to suppress concentrates the whole narrative under a single power. Ppl want balanced power not kings.
@oilyfish @MrChainman If your audience is progressive, focus on election interference with #CambridgeAnalytica -- the reason #Trump is in power.
@MrChainman @oilyfish if your audience is sensitive to poor people, hilight the fact that #Facebook excludes those who can't afford a mobile phone (but verify it 1st.. I'm not sure if mobile phones are needed for registration)
@oilyfish @MrChainman w.r.t ads, #Facebook is an advertiser above all. Make the case that advertising creates an unfair market where the biggest spenders get more consumers. Advertising is an arms race. Companies are forced to buy ads because their competitors do. #Facebook is an enabler who exacerbates that problem. Poor consumer decisions result.
@MrChainman @oilyfish Even when the #privacy debate is a non-starter, it might be worthwhile to mention Zuckerberg's famous quote: "I don't know why those dumb fucks give me all their information" - if you think your audience takes exception with being disrepected by those they patronize.
