[HN Gopher] 'Metaverse' was her Instagram handle. It disappeared...
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       'Metaverse' was her Instagram handle. It disappeared last month
        
       Author : ValentineC
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2021-12-13 19:50 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (frontstory.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (frontstory.io)
        
       | slackstation wrote:
       | People don't own their social media accounts, the social media
       | companies do. I would bet that the fine print of every signup
       | contract for a social media network would have explictly say that
       | the social media platform has zero legal obligation to provide
       | you services, they can cancel at any time for any reason.
       | 
       | No matter how valuable your username is, you are renting it
       | without renter's rights. It's the equivalent of people building
       | multi-million dollar businesses on land they don't own and can be
       | kicked off of without notice or reason given.
       | 
       | It's even more insane that people use this for communication too
       | and open themselves up to censorship, easedropping, governments
       | listening. Social networks are good for connection but, relying
       | on them and making an archive of sensative information in them is
       | risky.
       | 
       | I make the initial connection in the social network for the
       | network benefits and try to move people to better more secure and
       | reliable channels later.
        
       | allears wrote:
       | This headline is all over the internet. But if you read the
       | article till the end, it turns out that the account was restored,
       | and Instagram apologized. As always, when it comes to headlines,
       | clickbait is more important than truth.
        
         | Schiendelman wrote:
         | The truth is that it took NYT contacting Instagram for anyone
         | to respond at all. It's a big deal - most people simply can't
         | escalate like that.
        
           | root_axis wrote:
           | You're right about the NYT making the issue visible, at the
           | same time, it's not at all a big deal. Yes, it sucks if it's
           | your handle, but it's not really important at all.
        
         | dr-detroit wrote:
         | To be fair people who use social media are like people who have
         | had 10 drops of acid: Legally insane.
        
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