> Today I found out after 11 years on this platform there is no way to delete anything you create and post
> This seems strange and ironic considering a lot of our online comments revolve around data privacy
I agree it seems strange this just now occurred to you after 11 years.
> I have deleted Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and reddit accounts my life has dramatically improved
Why is that, exactly? Because you waste less of your time on them, or because nobody has your data from those services? If it's the later, how do you calculate value from something you can't observe?
> Meanwhile they reserve extravagant rights to flag censor and ban any content you post
Yeah, using a site that someone else wrote and pays for running the servers doesn't give you magical rights on the service. A fun fact is that free speech is frequently misinterpreted as the ability to say anything anywhere, but it's not that at all.
> My opinion: you should be upset that this platform/network is benefiting off you
That's not an opinion, it's telling people what to think which seems somewhat in vogue recently.
> This seems strange and ironic considering a lot of our online comments revolve around data privacy
I agree it seems strange this just now occurred to you after 11 years.
> I have deleted Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and reddit accounts my life has dramatically improved
Why is that, exactly? Because you waste less of your time on them, or because nobody has your data from those services? If it's the later, how do you calculate value from something you can't observe?
> Meanwhile they reserve extravagant rights to flag censor and ban any content you post
Yeah, using a site that someone else wrote and pays for running the servers doesn't give you magical rights on the service. A fun fact is that free speech is frequently misinterpreted as the ability to say anything anywhere, but it's not that at all.
> My opinion: you should be upset that this platform/network is benefiting off you
That's not an opinion, it's telling people what to think which seems somewhat in vogue recently.