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Anyone saying "Good riddance! Go enjoy your life without Facebook! is missing the point I agree. Another example: Facebook is full of support groups for differ
by vanilla-almond 4y ago
Anyone saying "Good riddance! Go enjoy your life without Facebook! is missing the point
I agree. Another example: Facebook is full of support groups for different causes or issues. There are thousands of groups helping people struggling conditions like cancer or other health issues. However much people might dislike that Facebook hosts these groups, the question remains: where else can people congregate online to discuss their conditions? Self-hosting a discussion forum is not an answer: ironically it excludes thousands (perhaps millions) of non-technical users who won't know how to install a discussion forum. I wish there was an alternative to Facebook, but for now Facebook is the friction-free option.
- dtech 4y agoReddit is a decent alternative and has a lot of these. It's not strictly better, but at least it's more open without accounts.
- dont__panic 4y agoIt should be illegal for a company in the position of Facebook to hide pages behind a login, when an account requires me to submit proof of identification. Feel free to require whatever you want to participate in the conversation, but I should be able to read my local town's Facebook page without submitting my papers.