Subject: No Web Monopolists eg Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, What App etc
From: Invite_Sender@Monopolist_Addict

I append http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/std/no_web_monopolists.txt
Needs to be merged with http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/contact/#no_social_media

General (See further below re. particular Monopolists_

  Sorry I will not join your web group.  I avoid monopolies that
  do data entrapment etc &/or force us to use real time instant web + login
  just to see if any new incoming messages.

  I won't waste my time learning proprietary closed systems &
  receiving unwanted service & advertising mail from operators.

  I will not allow monopolist operators the chance to censor messages in & out.

  No Harvesting:
      - I won't allow a monopolist to harvest my mail address & 
        traffic & contacts to advertise at me or associates,
	nor to train AI against my messages / personality / style.
      - I don't care that some logins are `free' as in costing no money.  

  Please use Email:
    Email is is better than web: it downloads from all pending, out
    of real time before recipient starts a read session, avoiding
    need to accesg every web forum, avoiding need of continuous
    internet access to multiple competing web omopolists sites,
    just to check messages.
  
    Email is more efficient, quicker & eg my publix mail list server
    is run by me, I guarantee is doing No data harvesting, spieng,
    advertising, cookies, tracking etc. Please look at eg
    http://mailman.berklix.org/mailman/listinfo/north or
    http://mailman.berklix.org/mailman/listinfo or name me some
    other non commercial mail list server you'd prefer we join.
  
    My public server http://mailman.berklix.org/mailman/listinfo &
    other public servers are Free for public use, no money, no
    adverts, no cookies, no harvesting, no tracking, no strings
    attached.  & they forward messages instantly, not later after
    you login on a proprietary monopolists web forum.

    No remote storage & web forums:
      - No Mail accessed remotely that needs constant net access to 
        read/ write/ search.
      - No mail on servers abused by alien American NSA spies.
      - No slow forum sites like ex  toytowngermany_dot_com<, burdened by 
        a slew of issues inc. adverts, spam, cookies, viruses, & censors.
  
    No Security:
      Anyone skilled in computers, knows that the more glitzy crud
      stuck on web sites to please Joe Loser, the more there is that
      can & will go wrong, & perhaps be a security loophole.  An [in]-
      security paper on Facebook, (no URL saved).  was scarey, heavy
      reading, even with a math then computing background, (so Facebook
      doubtless feel safe that it's clueless end users will remain
      happily ignorant.
    
    No Spam: 
      My spam filter normaly discards unseen, automated link requests sent from
      robots at Linkedin & Facebook etc.
  
    I'm happy to stay in personal contact,
      through normal direct email, phone & events with beer/ coffee/
      walking/ biking/ skiing / tech. mail lists, whatever.
      But not interested in LinkedIn & FaceBook etc USA + NSA corporate sites.
  
  See also: http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/contact/#no_social_media
  
  PS Never mail any @mailman.berklix lists from any such site, only from real personal
     email addresses, there's always danger of flooding, connecting 2 robots !
  
  http://www.berklix.com   		Computer Consultancy
  http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/cv/ 	My Resume - English & German
  http://www.berklix.com/free/    	Free Software
  http://www.berklix.org    		Free Organisations & Clubs

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Which Monopolist Did You Message Me From or Reccomend To Me ? :

Meetup.Com:
  A message sent to me from a user of meetup.com was blocked by
  meetup.com, who just incited me to login to meetup (when I had
  connectivity), to avoid their profiling questions, avoid reading
  their adverts, avoid their invites to pay money for better service,
  all before I could read sender's message,
  
LinkedIn:
  Thanks for your request to link from me & to me.
  
  YES Probably, But only If you provide a full publicly accessible web page:
    Then I am interested, please confirm if so & provide precise
    URL (=web ref) to your _full_ detail, eg not on LinkedIn & FaceBook etc,
  	http://www.berklix.com/~jhs/contacts/
    But first read on to make sure your page IS public.
  
  NO : If you use a commercial link swap service of a [would be] Monopolist:
      I deliberately avoid Social & Business Media companies such
      as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, What's App, Google's stuff,
      clouds & web forums etc !
  
      I do Not link to superficial pages hosted by commercial
      intermediaries, that require the public all get logins & passwords
      before one can fully access detail: They are just more would
      be monopolists trying to spread their addiction.  
  
      If you don't know I avoid computer monopolists,
      you don't yet know me well enough to link with, Sorry.
  
Facebook:
      Amazing that some vendors advertise on public street hoardings,
      Only with address of facebook !  not their own domain, trapping
      themselves & customers to subservience under proprietary facebook.