Sure, and they should use Signal instead of publishing their conversations and then getting mad when they turn out to be publicly available.
The add the extra complexity of follower only things and instances and I just don't understand who this service is aim at other than the people who created it. Hence, to me, it is and will always be some niche thing (that isn't terribly interesting to me).
All that said I still read these threads because there needs to be a good twitter alternative.
This is one of those things that tech needs think is pointless when in reality opting out of search indexing drops your visibility to nothing which is good for making sure your posts don’t “break containment.”
Unless you’re a public figure or social media influencer having a post tied to your IRL identity blow up is usually a bad thing.
Well... Then be careful with what you post tied to your real identity. I have separate accounts for separate use cases. My main on Reddit, for example, can (very) easily be doxxed so I hardly post anything controversial on that account.
Through all the recent data leaks it's getting even easier to dox people based on screen names too. I'm even considering getting a PO box next time I move house, just to decrease the chances of my home address ending up in a data dump.
There's a preference in settings, but it just adds your profile to robots.txt. Meaning that if someone boosts your post and doesn't have that configured...
I certainly spend more time interacting with people in small group chats than I do on Facebook now.
Android malware is a thing and Signal Desktop does not encrypt anything at rest on disk.