"If everyone used Open Source networks or returned to blogging and homepages, their public content can and will still be data-mined by third parties" (2018, the facebook exodus after Cambrige Analytics scandal)
https://amsterdamalternative.nl/articles/5518

controversial tought: it's powerful to discover new connections and relationships with people,
but data mining in fediverse is easier, we are facilitating the job doing lists of people.