wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
Yep, I had to add a letter to my facebook name shortly after a heated argument some time back....
It seems all it takes is some targeted reporting of accounts and they're taken down.
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I guess it could be a coincidence
Yep I was using Diaspora for a while, but hardly anyone I knew didemail and usenet are exactly that; decentralised common protocols that anyone can host or join.
There have been attempts at similar approaches for social media eg. Mastodon, but of course there's no critical mass, and no commercial incentive for any of the big boys to use such an open system. It would have to be enforced from above.