• obvs@lemmy.world
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        10 hours ago

        I stopped using Facebook years ago.

        Before there were viable alternatives.

        The idea that you need Facebook because there aren’t significant alternatives is just not true.

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
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        15 hours ago

        No alternative is viable if no one uses it.

        The network effect is real, and it’s what lets these fascism pushers stay top of mind at all times.

      • AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world
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        19 hours ago

        “Let’s have tacos tonight.” “Nah Im not feeling tacos.” “OK let’s get Chinese food.” “Nah i don’t want Chinese food.” "…ok… let’s make soup. " “Nah I don’t want soup tonight.”

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          16 hours ago

          This made me thoughtful and laugh at the same time, thank you.

          You’re right, of course. People prefer centralized platforms, and we “nerds” prefer decentralized ones.

          There are no alternatives.

      • Lemmayng@lemmy.world
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        19 hours ago

        Facebook to Friendica

        Twitter/Threads to Mastodon/Euclavd

        Instagram to Pixelfed/Vernissage

        Tiktok to Loops

        YouTube to PeerTube

        Anything else?

        Edit:

        Whatsapp to Signal/Delta Chat/Cwtch/Briar

        Reddit to Lemmy/Piefed/

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        The viable alternative is nothing.

        Because no one gives a shit about you (general you, not specific at BitsAndBites), or about what you say. You use it cause you’re addicted to performing for people you dont even talk to or like, because no one can actually maintain hundreds, if not thousands of connections like you collect on facebook, most of whom don’t even give a shit about you. its just a mutual masturbation session, only instead of jerking each others dicks off, your jerking eachother off with pointless likes.

        All social media is, is a means of generating profit from mental illness, and manufacturing mental illness for profit.

    • Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      the problem is people are so addicted to it, at least in my province. They don’t want to hear about any alternative that would require the smallest effort. In the 80’s, Dead Kennedys made an album called “Give me convenience or give me death”. I took me decades to realize how accurate this title was for depicting the world we live in.

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      1 day ago

      And also Instagram and whatever other Zuck products are in your life. I’m happy they wasted so many billions of dollars setting of virtual Mii meetings lmao…