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Re: Facebook Alternatives

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Post by butterfi » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:23 PM UTC

What problem are these "alternatives" addressing? If I'm concerned about privacy and data sharing, Twitter, Snapchat, and Tumblr don't seem like good candidates.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

#22

Post by echevil » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:24 PM UTC

Where you go largely depends on where most of your friends are. I spend more time on WeChat as most of my friends are there. After I installed SnapChat, I don’t think I ever come back because nobody I know is on it.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

#23

Post by echevil » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:26 PM UTC

butterfi wrote: post #21

What problem are these "alternatives" addressing? If I'm concerned about privacy and data sharing, Twitter, Snapchat, and Tumblr don't seem like good candidates.

Agree.. Are there any major social app that you can absotely trust your private data with?

Re: Facebook Alternatives

#24

Post by giancarlostoro » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:32 PM UTC

ilovecaching wrote: post #11

fastball wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does your wife sell?

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

Does she use Etsy by chance? Seems like the big place for that kind of thing.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

#25

Post by giancarlostoro » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:33 PM UTC

I still wish Signal would allow you to register with just a username or email. One thing I liked about Wire more than Signal, but even less people I'm likely to meet will be using Wire vs Signal, which is already rare enough.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

#26

Post by parliament32 » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:37 PM UTC

This is pretty bad -- clicking thumbs up on an alternative has no feedback/doesn't do anything, submitting a new alternative also doesn't do anything, and the lists aren't curated at all (is Reddit really an FB substitute? Google Allo is dead, why is it on the list?).

Re: Facebook Alternatives

#27

Post by schnable » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:39 PM UTC

#1 alternative is Twitter, the only mainstream social network more toxic than Facebook.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

#28

Post by ilovecaching » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:39 PM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #24

ilovecaching wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Does she use Etsy by chance? Seems like the big place for that kind of thing.

She actually started on Etsy, but it basically paid nothing. Perhaps, the markets are just extremely fickle, but he following is primarily on Instagram and Facebook. She's trying to break into Youtube just to increase exposure, which I think is going reasonably well.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

#29

Post by toastercat » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:43 PM UTC

I also found this site recently: https://switching.social/

Similar in concept, although probably more critical and privacy-focused. Not perfect, but I think it's an admirable idea.

Re: Facebook Alternatives

#30

Post by egfx » Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 5:44 PM UTC

schnable wrote: post #27

#1 alternative is Twitter, the only mainstream social network more toxic than Facebook.

Another interesting alternative is to connect them https://2fb.me