<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.noyu.me/@hikari" class="u-url mention">@<span>hikari</span></a></span> </p><p>it doesn't. many people are on social media for this exact reason. this is useful to all involved - especially when other spaces are unavailable.</p><p>a second group is there to market to the first group. this is useful to the second group, often more than to the first group.</p><p>these two use cases provide a veneer of legitimacy to the whole endeavor, used by a third group of participants who surveil the first and second groups' activities, while themselves remaining unseen.</p>
