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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 t

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.

HenryBemis 6y ago
Don't forget WhatsApp. Many people I talk to don't realize it's also part of the FB ecosystem.
- mercacona 6y ago
  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.
  - Mediterraneo10 6y ago
    When traveling West Africa overland, I found that Whatsapp was essential for contacting guesthouses down the road. Due to inconsistent electrical supply in the region, accommodation proprietors don’t have constant mobile phone availability, so trying to contact them on the phone is often fruitless. Instead, they all ask to be contacted over Whatsapp, so that when they get a chance to charge their devices they can catch up on whatever messages have been sent to them in the meantime. Also, I found in South America that almost no one would respond to an SMS sent to them. Apparently, SMSs used to be extremely expensive, so a culture developed of never answering them. If you want any kind of reply, then people insist you use Whatsapp.
  - komali2 6y ago
    It's also worth mentioning that the whatsapp team still is filled with dedicated anti-surveillance types, leftovers from the original company (note that the founder publicly came out against facebook after the sale). I don't know how much longer that'll be the case, now that they're all vesting, but they're in there.
- wobbly_bush 6y ago
  Unfortunately Android has screwed up here resulting in the rise of WhatsApp. There is no competitor of WhatsApp that has the same reliability. Also there is no feeds in WhatsApp, making it very different from Insta and FB. But it's still giving strength to the ecosystem.
  - RMPR 6y ago
    >There is no competitor of WhatsApp that has the same reliability. Riot? Telegram?

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.

HenryBemis 6y ago

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

mercacona 6y ago
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.
- Mediterraneo10 6y ago
  When traveling West Africa overland, I found that Whatsapp was essential for contacting guesthouses down the road. Due to inconsistent electrical supply in the region, accommodation proprietors don’t have constant mobile phone availability, so trying to contact them on the phone is often fruitless. Instead, they all ask to be contacted over Whatsapp, so that when they get a chance to charge their devices they can catch up on whatever messages have been sent to them in the meantime. Also, I found in South America that almost no one would respond to an SMS sent to them. Apparently, SMSs used to be extremely expensive, so a culture developed of never answering them. If you want any kind of reply, then people insist you use Whatsapp.
- komali2 6y ago
  It's also worth mentioning that the whatsapp team still is filled with dedicated anti-surveillance types, leftovers from the original company (note that the founder publicly came out against facebook after the sale). I don't know how much longer that'll be the case, now that they're all vesting, but they're in there.
wobbly_bush 6y ago
Unfortunately Android has screwed up here resulting in the rise of WhatsApp. There is no competitor of WhatsApp that has the same reliability. Also there is no feeds in WhatsApp, making it very different from Insta and FB. But it's still giving strength to the ecosystem.
- RMPR 6y ago
  >There is no competitor of WhatsApp that has the same reliability. Riot? Telegram?