Hashtag: "Zuckerpunched."

I've become too dependent on Facebook in regard to networking.

This was driven home last night when I tried to share an article I had written here on Steemit, and was promptly notified I had been banned from the social media site for 24 hours for "violating community standards."

Someone in the "commune" had it out for me, apparently, and chose to report an image I had shared as "hate speech." Of course, I shared the image as an aid to my commentary in a conversation with a friend. I don't believe that "white men are terrorists."

My social media presence on Facebook is not insignificant. It is one of the main hubs for Voluntary Japan, I have over a thousand friends (mostly voluntaryist/anarchists) and I rely on the site to spread the message of Voluntaryism and also for sharing content I create here on Steemit.

It is time to decentralize my social media presence,

and also to switch over to encrypted mail and messaging services as much as possible. If I can be reported by any Tom, Joe, or Sally who has their undies in a wad or doesn't particularly like me as a person, for "hate speech," and said report can result on the termination of thousands of hours of work, then it is clearly time to take some eggs out of that basket.

~KafkA

Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)