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You don't need social networks to keep in touch with family and friends. RCS and a large number of communicators are available for everyone.

• bigfatkitten 2y ago
  Postal mail is also available to everyone, but it's as functionally equivalent to Instagram as RCS is.
  • viraptor 2y ago
    "I want Instagram" and "I want to be in touch with my friends and family" are completely separate things. You don't need social networks for that. It was possible to be in touch before the internet and I believe that Instagram didn't improve it at all.
    • bigfatkitten 2y ago
      By that logic, we could simply ban the internet and save a lot of trouble. Society functioned without it for thousands of years.
      • viraptor 2y ago
        Why go to extremes? The internet does improve the friends&family communication a lot and is useful. I'm saying that Instagram and other social media don't improve it that much beyond direct communication.