#opt_in — Public Fediverse posts

Spotted elsewhere, but worth a toot. #LifeHacks #2025 edition:
* If #PeterThiel is involved, avoid it
* If it's #opt_in , it'll be #mandatory soon
* If #AI is involved, it is #profiling you
* If #BigTech says it's for safety, it isn't
* If it demands a #facialscan walk away
* If it's "for your safety", it likely won't end well for you
#TopTips

Spotted elsewhere, but worth a toot. #LifeHacks #2025 edition:
* If #PeterThiel is involved, avoid it
* If it's #opt_in , it'll be #mandatory soon
* If #AI is involved, it is #profiling you
* If #BigTech says it's for safety, it isn't
* If it demands a #facialscan walk away
* If it's "for your safety", it likely won't end well for you
#TopTips

Spotted elsewhere, but worth a toot. #LifeHacks #2025 edition:
* If #PeterThiel is involved, avoid it
* If it's #opt_in , it'll be #mandatory soon
* If #AI is involved, it is #profiling you
* If #BigTech says it's for safety, it isn't
* If it demands a #facialscan walk away
* If it's "for your safety", it likely won't end well for you
#TopTips

Spotted elsewhere, but worth a toot. #LifeHacks #2025 edition:
* If #PeterThiel is involved, avoid it
* If it's #opt_in , it'll be #mandatory soon
* If #AI is involved, it is #profiling you
* If #BigTech says it's for safety, it isn't
* If it demands a #facialscan walk away
* If it's "for your safety", it likely won't end well for you
#TopTips

@loicgervais @tuxicoman @Sev_Erhel @rdj
Un choix éclairé d'une part et non orienté d'autre part. À mon sens, s'il n'y avait pas de #dark_patterns, voir si la logique était inversée (#opt_in plutôt qu'#opt_out), la gêne ressentie serait bien différente pour l'utilisateur.

Do you regularly post on #Mastodon in different #languages? Do you (like me, too) often forget to set the post's language accordingly before publishing it?

Would you thus like the possibility (strictly #opt_in #optIn, of course) to force yourself to consciously select the language before you can publish?

I filed a #featureRequest #feature_request for just that: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/21631