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the way to fix facebook is to stop using facebook! I shed my facebook 8 years ago now (around the Cambridge Analytica fiasco). There was a giant relief not unl
by altruios 3y ago
the way to fix facebook is to stop using facebook!
I shed my facebook 8 years ago now (around the Cambridge Analytica fiasco). There was a giant relief not unlike drawing a fresh breath from almost drowning underwater after having done so. You can do it too!
I do use discord, as that's significantly more efficient at doing what facebook has been trying do to (keep current with non-local friends), while at the same time not relying on ad's to do so. I get no targeted advertising on discord.
I encourage everyone to delete their facebook, (move any data they want off first), and explore the open internet again.
The "value" you get from facebook is often just a thin veneer over content designed (and timed) to stimulate your cortisol levels.
So just don't use it: that is the answer; this is the way.
- bluGill 3y agoThe problem is - as the article says, there is value in the social stuff that nothing else provides.
- altruios 3y agodiscord. 100% of what facebook provided. 0% (so far) of any of the enshittification. comparing the two: facebook offers literally nothing (other than a viewable dropbox like profile for your pictures, which is redundant to me)...
- marssaxman 3y agoFacebook still has all the event invitations.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoDiscord does not offer updates from my local city government, nor from the local library, nor does it have the equivalent of local "buy nothing" groups. Discord is more synchronous than Facebook, and without notifications hygiene, will feel overwhelming to people who are used to shouting into Facebook's void and checking it every once in awhile. I also dislike Facebook, but it's disingenuous to pretend that Discord is a slot-in replacement.
- red-iron-pine 3y agolot of businesses only operate through insta or FB picture albums FB marketplace is the new Craigslist / Gumtree / Kijiji
- BlueTemplar 3y agoLol, "explore the open Internet" after talking about Discord, that's rich ! Currently I am a bit depressed because of realizing how much the open web communities seem to be withering right now because a lot of people seem to want to use Discord instead and exclusively. The recent threads feature especially seems to often be an excuse to abandon forums ? Despite being a way worse experience than phpBB. EDIT : Related : Discord, or the Death of Lore [2023] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35050858 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35050858