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Meta is getting rid of factchecking. If you want to leave Instagram, what are your alternatives? (www.theguardian.com)
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“[For] people who live in the country or in remote areas or minority groups or [who have] small businesses, that is a really good way for them to communicate and reach other people,” she says.

“It’s just not possible to set up an alternative at this point in time. So, to put it bluntly, we’re in a bit of deep shit, to be honest.”

No mention of Pixelfed, but I can understand why. Will it only be seen as an alternative once a critical mass of users move there? And can that happen if they don't see it as an alternative? Chicken and egg. I'm trying out, but it's a little vapid when everyone I know is on Instagram.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

when it's your main place to see friends photos, and where all your friends already are its difficult to just not use it.

you don't use it and never have, so naturally you won't feel left out. but those that use it frequently absolutely will.

the old curmudgeon "These dern kids and thur instagrams!" isn't really all that helpful, I feel.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i was addicted to facebook. i started getting away by just not looking at it for longer periods of time: 1 day, 1 week, month, etc. it stayed like that for a long time. then i went through and deleted everything i ever posted, replied, commented-- yes it took forever, but it ended up as just a blank profile with my name on it. finally i deactivated the account, then deleted it

time wasted on facebook: way too fucking much
time spent regretting deleting it: absolute zero

i've seen enough vacation/cat/baby photos to last 10 lifetimes, and if my friends can't talk to me through texting, then i guess they must not have anything important to say

fuck facebook
i'm just glad i immediately found insta, twitter, tiktok, all the other bullshits boring and pointless right off the bat, so never dealt with those

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I also thought leaving Facebook would be a big deal, but honestly, it wasn't. My family and friends send eachother texts and emails now, no big deal.