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Re: Facebook Alternatives

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Post by ilovecaching » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 4:36 PM UTC

fastball wrote: post #9

ilovecaching wrote: post #8

My wife makes all of her income through Facebook products. She's tried other platforms, and none of them were sustainable over Facebook and Instagram, partly because of the difficulty of building a following like the one she has on Instagram, partly because they market isn't using other products. For her, people walking away from Facebook or Instagram means losing her livelihood and giving up her dream job. Facebook…

What does your wife sell?

Handmade clothing. She runs the entire operation by herself. She also does sponsored health and beauty products.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

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Post by wccrawford » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 4:41 PM UTC

amelius wrote: post #5

The problem is that these alternatives only tackle one part of Facebook, and are basically silos themselves. PS: In what way are these alternatives "crowdsourced" and why is it in the HN title and not the article title?

It's a wiki. The list is crowdsourced, not the sites that it lists.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

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Post by RodgerTheGreat » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 4:42 PM UTC

ilovecaching wrote: post #8

My wife makes all of her income through Facebook products. She's tried other platforms, and none of them were sustainable over Facebook and Instagram, partly because of the difficulty of building a following like the one she has on Instagram, partly because they market isn't using other products. For her, people walking away from Facebook or Instagram means losing her livelihood and giving up her dream job. Facebook…

It's great that you've been able to carve out a successful niche, but it's also an extremely tenuous one: at any time, minor policy changes by Facebook (even without malice) could destroy your livelihood. What's your plan for when that happens?

Re: Facebook Alternatives

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Post by Jaruzel » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 4:52 PM UTC

darkblackcorner wrote: post #3

No Mastodon? https://mastodon.social

Looks like you can add it yourself - it's a 'wiki' type list.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

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Post by zeroego » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 4:55 PM UTC

Speaking of Facebook alternatives, I discovered a neat app not too long ago called Aether. It's like a decentralized P2P reddit. The community is fairly small but the app itself is really amazing, and I think was made entirely by one person. I'm not associated with the creator at all, and it doesn't necessarily fill the same niche as Facebook, but I think it is worth sharing nonetheless. https://getaether.net/

Re: Facebook Alternatives

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Post by soared » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:00 PM UTC

0xmohit wrote: post #4

Curious to know why do you need Google Analytics on the page.

Not op but an example is to see what links people are clicking, so op can move popular alternatives to the top of the list.

Or identify if a lot of users from (ex. India) are visiting and can provide local options for them.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

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Post by mp3il » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:05 PM UTC

Weird. Why would I delete Facebook when its 10x better than all the listed alternatives?

Re: Facebook Alternatives

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Post by ilovecaching » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:17 PM UTC

RodgerTheGreat wrote: post #13

ilovecaching wrote: post #8

My wife makes all of her income through Facebook products. She's tried other platforms, and none of them were sustainable over Facebook and Instagram, partly because of the difficulty of building a following like the one she has on Instagram, partly because they market isn't using other products. For her, people walking away from Facebook or Instagram means losing her livelihood and giving up her dream job. Facebook…

It's great that you've been able to carve out a successful niche, but it's also an extremely tenuous one: at any time, minor policy changes by Facebook (even without malice) could destroy your livelihood. What's your plan for when that happens?

We appreciate the fact that influencers are susceptible to the tumultuous nature of social media, but most jobs come with the risk of your company suddenly tanking or letting you go. In a way, she works for the companies she's using to sell her products and generate revenue from, and I think that's ok.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

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Post by the_other_guy » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:20 PM UTC

Yeah, I should definitely trust your broken website that can be made in 30 minutes with 24 blocked ad and tracking scripts and promoted on the fakest online community aka ProductHunt. Sounds very legit to me. This is exactly the type of bullshit that shouldn't be promoted on SHOW HN

Re: Facebook Alternatives

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Post by wodenokoto » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:21 PM UTC

I think that list really shows how strong Facebook is.

Twitter? That's even less private than fb. Reddit? Seriously, you want me to post my wedding pictures on Reddit?

And for events, who is going to invite friends and family to their birthday via Eventbrite? Doodle? It's not like we need to settle on a date for my birthday.