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Who are your candidates to maybe replace Facebook ? Facebook replaced the MySpace, Hi5 and MSN of those times... Is there something cooking now that you think have the slightest chance to the same to Facebook ? Can we make a list of those.
PS: Please only submit little/unknown yet social-networks you know about. Not alternatives like: e-mail, phone, real-life networking etc.
Thank you.
I don't really see a reason to delete Facebook over the privacy drama, I fail to see how it has much to do with the management or anything. Any Facebook replacement one comes up with, would face all the same dilemmas.
What many outside of the privacy-conscious circles are tired of is this whole concept of everything being permanent online. Of having some behavior from years ago haunt you forever. There's where ephemerality comes in.
"A new Facebook" is likely to have the same pros, and cons, as the original one. Unless you are interested in this kind of problem-solving: https://xkcd.com/927/
PS: It should go with [Ask HN] in the title.
How about no social networks? What are you looking for that Facebook gives/gave you?
I also tried Slack initially, with no real success.
How about no social networks? What are you looking for that Facebook gives/gave you?
The main use case some of my family members use it for is sharing pictures. I'm not keen on putting my children's pictures on a pseudo-public social network, so we make very ample use of Apple Photos. It won't work for everyone, but the people in my family who care (even the >80yo members) have iPhones and are capable of operating the Photos app. The nice thing is that there is commenting functionality and the shared…