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Did you also stop using all Facebook products (Instagram and WhatsApp)? Many of the people I know who are proud of quitting Facebook are happily snapping pictu

Did you also stop using all Facebook products (Instagram and WhatsApp)? Many of the people I know who are proud of quitting Facebook are happily snapping pictures daily for Instagram or chatting regularly on WhatsApp.

moate 8y ago
They're different use-cases and segments. I'm not on Facebook because I don't need racist screeds from friends of friends (or sometimes soon-to-be-former friends). I am on Instagram because I like dank memes and pictures of food. I'm not trying to stick it to the man, I'm just valuing a different type of content and enjoying the different medium more.
j45 8y ago
Whatsapp serves a different purpose (chat) than Fb/Insta. Potentially viable alternatives (Telegram, Signal, etc) are emerging for Whatsapp compared to none for the other two.
_Codemonkeyism 8y ago
Quit Facebook two years ago, not using Instagram, using WhatsApp because my mom doesn't use Signal.
kozikow 8y ago
I deleted messenger, Instagram and app, but not WhatsApp. Sadly it's not replaceable yet :(.
- Rjevski 8y ago
  Why not replaceable? iMessage seems like a perfect replacement. Edit: for Android devices, Signal is just as easy to use as WhatsApp.
  - CurrentB 8y ago
    Only if 100% of your contacts use iPhones.
  - kozikow 8y ago
    Not replaceable in a sense that there are some people that are only reachable over WhatsApp and Messenger.
  - krageon 8y ago
    Signal is far more annoying to use and is less consistent about notifications. Accordingly, most people are hard to motivate into switching (or installing yet another messaging app).
- thrower123 8y ago
  Messenger is so much better than the default SMS app on my Android device that I can't get rid of it. I don't know if it's just US Cellular crapware, Samsung crapware, or Android core crapware, but the system default is garbage.
intopieces 8y ago
>Many of the people I know who are proud of quitting Facebook are happily snapping pictures daily for Instagram or chatting regularly on WhatsApp. If you are implying (through the use of "proud of x, [but] happily doing y") that this is some sort of contradiction, I challenge that implication. WhatsApp and Insta are entirely different products by the same company, which scratch different itches. Not everyone changes their social media habits based on a perception of moral failing by the company that purveys those services -- that appears to be something rather unique to a subset of individuals. Some people just want to be happier.

moate 8y ago

They're different use-cases and segments. I'm not on Facebook because I don't need racist screeds from friends of friends (or sometimes soon-to-be-former friends). I am on Instagram because I like dank memes and pictures of food. I'm not trying to stick it to the man, I'm just valuing a different type of content and enjoying the different medium more.

j45 8y ago

Whatsapp serves a different purpose (chat) than Fb/Insta. Potentially viable alternatives (Telegram, Signal, etc) are emerging for Whatsapp compared to none for the other two.

_Codemonkeyism 8y ago

Quit Facebook two years ago, not using Instagram, using WhatsApp because my mom doesn't use Signal.

kozikow 8y ago

I deleted messenger, Instagram and app, but not WhatsApp. Sadly it's not replaceable yet :(.

Rjevski 8y ago
Why not replaceable? iMessage seems like a perfect replacement. Edit: for Android devices, Signal is just as easy to use as WhatsApp.
- CurrentB 8y ago
  Only if 100% of your contacts use iPhones.
- kozikow 8y ago
  Not replaceable in a sense that there are some people that are only reachable over WhatsApp and Messenger.
- krageon 8y ago
  Signal is far more annoying to use and is less consistent about notifications. Accordingly, most people are hard to motivate into switching (or installing yet another messaging app).
thrower123 8y ago
Messenger is so much better than the default SMS app on my Android device that I can't get rid of it. I don't know if it's just US Cellular crapware, Samsung crapware, or Android core crapware, but the system default is garbage.

intopieces 8y ago

>Many of the people I know who are proud of quitting Facebook are happily snapping pictures daily for Instagram or chatting regularly on WhatsApp. If you are implying (through the use of "proud of x, [but] happily doing y") that this is some sort of contradiction, I challenge that implication. WhatsApp and Insta are entirely different products by the same company, which scratch different itches. Not everyone changes their social media habits based on a perception of moral failing by the company that purveys those services -- that appears to be something rather unique to a subset of individuals. Some people just want to be happier.