Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March

Re:Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March by BLKNSLVR on Monday April 07, 2025 @09:14AM (#43610985)

I literally do not have any social media accounts (does HN count?), and I'm concerned that would immediately mark me as a suspicious individual (although I can eloquently justify this to the nth degree if required).

Having said that, weigh up the benefits and drawbacks of scrubbing your social media accounts to minimise that particular concern?

I don't have any, so I don't know what I'd be losing, but I can say that I feel sorry for some family members of mine who have been sucked in to the social media dopamine addiction farm. They'd be better off without it and having more time to be their own selves and live their own lives rather than other people's.

/rant (sorry)

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Re:Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March by danmaz74 on Monday April 07, 2025 @09:37AM (#43611298)

Fact is, I don't want to self-censor. But thank you for your suggestion.

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Re:Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March by XorNot on Monday April 07, 2025 @09:54AM (#43611506)

Strikes me there's a new AI service in there: aged social media accounts. Run by bots for at least 2 years and available for purchase to give you a plausible looking online footprint when needed.

(A similar service exists for Cayman Island holding companies IIRC)

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Re:Foreign visits into the U.S. fell off a cliff in March by account42 on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @11:30AM (#43706703)

I have always only listed GitHub as my "social media" for ESTA since I don't use any of the other options. It has never been a problem, including with the current administration.

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