Does not having a (mainstream) social media account make you look suspicious to the authorities? Is it a good idea to have an innocent looking social media account just to look "normal"?

I mean, it could also stop impersonation...

I mean, its not like not having an account is gonna stop them from collecting data. I mean, if I just have one and post cat photos, and some non-controvertial stuff like "omg look at this cool phone that Apple/Samsung just released", there's really nothing they could use against me. I can still have secret Lemmy accounts.

These days, if you don't have a social media account, you get marked as "suspicious" for some reason. I mean... ahem USA ahem.

I don't wanna end up tortured in some CIA blacksite because I legitimately don't have a (mainstream) social media account lol.

Am I crazy to want to have a mainstream social media account?

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The fact that this is an actual question nowadays would absolutely stun the me from 2005

My “social media account” is my LinkedIn account, which shows my record of employment and links to coworkers.
It’s all information a government could find elsewhere, and seems to generally meet the requirements.

Keep the social media account and don't travel to the US. Problem solved.
- don’t travel to the US
  Me, already in the US, and its my only country of citizenship:
  (Also, I think its kinda speading. AfD support in Germany doubled. RN in France is also kinda gaining support. 😬 Not a good time for freedom in the world)
  
  We had a similar party here in Denmark, that became second largest party of the country with 21% in 2015, When the government introduced tough restrictions on immigration, they almost vanished a few years later, only very narrowly managing the 2% minimum requirement to have seats in parlament.
  The popularity of the party was highly based on limiting immigration, much like Brexit, Trump, AfD and AFAIK also RN of France.
  
  Marry a Canadian

Do you have any tangible proof that you get marked as suspicious in any system?
Also my answer is no. Also, the companies feed on people that have that pathetic outlook of “they aren’t going to stop collecting data”. You can still take measures to protect your privacy and mitigate your information from being farmed. Granted you won’t be 100% unless you are living off grid and away from human contact, but that doesn’t mean you should cuck out to the data farmers.
- Do you have any tangible proof that you get marked as suspicious in any system?
  Look at recent news of the USA. Shits getting very fascist. I suspect they are doing phone-checkpoints like some other authoritarian countries are already doing.
  
  You… suspect. So no evidence then, got it. This is how false information spreads.

My US work visas were approved despite leaving the social media section on the form blank

I promise not a single person is watching what you do.
- Nice try, Fed
  
  As SuperSleuths designated online fed, I can confirm that he's also a fed. It's a circle of online monitoring.

I'm no authority, but no

At this point, the feddiverse is growing fast, and demeta/degoogle/dex are not new concepts.
At this point, it isn't about what service you use, but what you post.

I got linkin as my only mainstream social media

The only have a LinkedIn for anything mainstream and it's been that way for years now. No one has broken down our door so far.

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