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Re: Leave Facebook

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Post by Lammy »

ISL wrote: post #14
moron4hire wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I say forget "the network". If your so-called friends don't have your email address, they aren't your friends.

Especially in the case of Instagram, it's a de facto RSS reader for a lot of really good content, if you curate it right. I'm happy to say that the network I have built through Instagram has taken my photography to new levels and facilitated social interactions I'd never have had otherwise. It is very fair to want to take the good (network/community) and leave the bad (walled-garden and tracking).

My RSS reader doesn't spy on and profile me while I use it

Re: Leave Facebook

#42

Post by mercacona »

HenryBemis wrote: post #25
bmarquez wrote: post #18

As the article says, leave Instagram too! It's surprising how many of my friends say they don't use Facebook for political reasons but don't see Instagram as the same company.

Don't forget WhatsApp. Many people I talk to don't realize it's also part of the FB ecosystem.

Leaving WhatsApp is not as easy, in many countries you need it to do things like buying to local producers or communicating with a client. The network effect is more unavoidable than in other FB products.

Re: Leave Facebook

#43

Post by godzillabrennus »

beart wrote: post #30
supernova87a wrote: post #17

I think Facebook is merely the conduit of human behavior that happens when lack of regulation / social norms or the incentives of profit create a new space much faster than we're used to before. So leaving Facebook and going to some other platform will not fundamentally solve the problem. As long as: 1) people want to socialize freely (as well as privately) with each other in an online rapid medium, 2) the online for…

I disagree. There were millions of people socializing on many different platforms for years before anything like Facebook was created.

AOL aged people still remember A/S/L?

We are simply living in the Eternal September.

Re: Leave Facebook

#44

Post by rkoten »

beart wrote: post #30
supernova87a wrote: post #17

I think Facebook is merely the conduit of human behavior that happens when lack of regulation / social norms or the incentives of profit create a new space much faster than we're used to before. So leaving Facebook and going to some other platform will not fundamentally solve the problem. As long as: 1) people want to socialize freely (as well as privately) with each other in an online rapid medium, 2) the online for…

I disagree. There were millions of people socializing on many different platforms for years before anything like Facebook was created.

The difference is though, with the internet evolving, the platforms were figuring out their revenue models, and we can see now which model turned out superior.

Re: Leave Facebook

#45

Post by Jtsummers »

renewiltord wrote: post #35

Absolutely not. Facebook is the last major social network where people are able to speak their minds. And since I can select who I want to listen to, I like it. As it so happens, everyone who I follow on Facebook speaks their minds by posting pictures of their babies. This is perfectly fine by me. I am sceptical that the paternalists will let me be when they're done dealing with Trump et al.

> Absolutely not. Facebook is the last bastion of people being able to speak their minds. And since I can select who I want to listen to, I like it. As it so happens, everyone who I follow on Facebook speaks their minds by posting pictures of their babies. This is perfectly fine by me. I am sceptical that the paternalists will let me be when they're done dealing with Trump et al.

How is it the last bastion of anything? It is a place where people seem to be able to speak their mind. It's not the last place. The Internet is vast, and the major social networks aren't the only things in existence on it.

Re: Leave Facebook

#47

Post by sillysaurusx »

beart wrote: post #30
supernova87a wrote: post #17

I think Facebook is merely the conduit of human behavior that happens when lack of regulation / social norms or the incentives of profit create a new space much faster than we're used to before. So leaving Facebook and going to some other platform will not fundamentally solve the problem. As long as: 1) people want to socialize freely (as well as privately) with each other in an online rapid medium, 2) the online for…

I disagree. There were millions of people socializing on many different platforms for years before anything like Facebook was created.

Millions, yes. Billions, no.

Re: Leave Facebook

#48

Post by komali2 »

Does anyone have recommendations for a tool similar to Facebook Events that I can use for planning the assloads of parties and camping trips I plan? That's genuinely the only thing between me and deleting my FB.

Re: Leave Facebook

#49

Post by arnvald »

vzidex wrote: post #7

A baby step you can take if you want to leave Facebook is to disable (I forget if that's the exact term, it might be deactivate) your account. This removes your access to the site, and hides your profile - while leaving the Messenger half of your account untouched: messages, contacts, etc. I've done it before for mental health reasons, and found it really refreshing.

For me the first step was to remove the mobile Facebook app. I used to scroll mindlessly while traveling and commuting, and once I didn't have the app on my phone, my time on FB dropped by like 80%. I also found it refreshing and I felt less stressed about missing something there.

Re: Leave Facebook

#50

Post by rvz »

We should see Facebook as a drug store which its top kingpin, Mr Zuckerberg sell its social network 'drugs' to billions of his users, which when abused over and over again, the results are always never positive and messes with your dopamine levels. Because of the social connections, followers and inertia, it is harder for friends and family to leave.

Apart from its flagship product, social network 'drugs' it owns includes Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. The fine-print is if you mix that with trolls, disinformation and bots it equals never-ending reactionary anger. Very unhealthy for you.

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