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How is decentralized social media more private if all the data is public and shared?
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It’s not, never was, and never claimed to be.
Except, I guess, in that it can be pseudonymous. It's possible somebody knows who I am in real life, but it's also possible they don't (given the way I always connect). You may or may not count that under your definition of "private".
Security through obscurity is not real security.
That's not security through obscurity. That would be if I reversed all my posts front-to-back without telling you, or something. Anonymity and pseudonymity are totally legit things with a long and continuing history.