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by kd1220 5267 days ago
Being the pragmatist that I am: Why bother with public social media if you want to say something in private? Also, from a social behavioral view, this is very rude. It's the online equivalent of 2 or more people in a group switching to speaking another language so someone else in the group can't understand the topic.
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Here's an example Neko.io message for you;

"I'm on a meditation trip in India. If you really need to bother me, here's my travel schedule and emergency number; https://neko.io/m/g4hF/xcjZq85lyL9TTAjefE1GLw/xGf_TME2-G9YRl...

Neko.io is a utility. People post links to social networks all the time. The above link might look long and scrambled, but most services are shortening it automatically.

Neko.io looks like it's trying to solve the access control list issues that Facebook has been plagued with since... forever. But it gets no further. It only exports these issues to all social networks.

Watch Zed Shaw's "The ACL is dead" presentation and you'll understand why.

Also it requires yet another non-standard authorization utility (Mepin?) or a separate login. I'm phatigued by phishing.