pepdmin Wannabe sysadmin, father, nerd. With a ❤️ for TTRPGs and boardgames. Works at a webhosting company, does #selfhost. Layman in regards to GDPR, still learning. Main account: @pepdmin@fedi.local.hasel.cloud https://littleone.littlefedi.social/@pepdmin/blog/ 2026-08-06T08:03:28Z Getting rid of unneccesary bloat https://littleone.littlefedi.social/@pepdmin/blog/a519b6b6-af3e-4e6d-a81c-4b200d37291d/ 2026-08-06T08:03:28Z 2026-08-06T08:03:28Z Or, as we say in German: alte Zöpfe abschneiden (cutting off old braids)

Yesterday I finally put my money where my mouth is and deleted both my - and -accounts.

After years of being annoyed and or getting trapped in yet another cycle of doomscrolling I finally set both accounts for deletion. And boy did that feel good. Like "alte Zöpfe abschneiden" good.

What gave me the final push was a customer of my day job - mind you, I am only an employee of the webhosting company, not the owner or CEO - reaching out to me via a "friend" request in LinkedIn. I didn't even have anything to do with them, didn't connect via prior mails, chats or calls.
And while I do get their frustration it felt like a serious breach of privacy to be contacted that way.

Anywho - I am already looking forward to getting rid of more unneccesary and/or evil bloat and cutting myself off of big tech even more.

What are your "braids" that you still need to get rid of?

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