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They just get rid of a bunch of so-called "fact checkers" deciding for you which posts you're allowed to see and which get banned/hidden/deleted. It's not the end of the world. You can still block people. You can still decide NOT to read posts.
Whaaaaat, and risk being offended by people having different ideas than my echo chamber? No way dude
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You mean “Two printers and one CUPS”?
but but 9/11 /s
.... just don't use instagram?
I never have, and I don't feel like I'm missing out
I asked a younger coworker something similar about Facebook and facebook messenger a few years ago in relation to cyber bullying. I asked her why the younger generation doesn’t just get off social media if they’re being bullied, and her response was that these platforms are how people communicate now. Without them, you don’t find out about parties, trips, events, etc. Without them you get left out. If you abandon them, you’re essentially ostracizing yourself.
After hearing that I understood why just giving them up is difficult.
This stuff was happening even in the early days of Facebook let alone now so I get it.
Rather than tell bullying victims to get off social media, why not tell people to stop bullying people?
It's not just younger people. A lot of my fellow GenXers only communicate via Facebook messenger.
It's why nobody left Whatsapp when Meta bought it.
i hate it, but we are gonna be slow boiled into having meta read everything we say over there if we aint already
I'm betting you are.
Why wouldn't they?
I agree up to the point that someone could use Facebook for the parties and stuff, and then not use any of the main page stuff. I have Messenger because that's the prime option for those I know, but I don't use it for anything but messaging and don't have a Facebook.
Will it only be seen as an alternative once a critical mass of users move there?
I mean, yeah? That's how social media works.
Facebook/meta should never have been allowed to buy Instagram.
Flickr, Tumblr and Hipstamatic
What virtue signal. These don't have fact-checking either lmao
I use Instagram only to follow my friends, does pixelfed have private accounts ?
Yes it does! Check out pixelfed! It's a lovely supportive community, in my experience.
