Comment on More Censorship by Meta

morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Norin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Deleted my FB account just now.

  I’d had the thing since 2003. It was the last non-fedi social media I was holding onto (the only way to keep in touch with certain people, and all that.)

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  • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Alll the power to you! We need to normalize keeping in touch with each other in a more personal way. They robbed writing thoughtful letters, postcards and greeting cards from us.

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  • CoCo_Goldstein@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Deleted my FB account just now.

    I’d had the thing since 2003

    But… Facebook was created in 2004?

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    • Norin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Now that you mention it, I might be a bit off in my math. It’s not my best subject.

      Thinking about it a little more, I probably made the account in 2006 or so.

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• But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I use messenger to keep contact with my mom, dad and siblings. If I delete it i literally can’t talk to them so it’s kinda necessary at this point

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  • meliaesc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    You can deactivate your Facebook account, it keeps messenger ONLY still active. A great step while you encourage them to try a different app.

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  • lurklurk@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Your parents and siblings wouldn’t answer you if you texted or called them?

    That’s pretty bleak

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    • But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Does being a pedantic smart ass idiot work for you?

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  • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Of course it can’t work right away for everyone. But it’s a conversation you can have, explain your concerns, why it would be better to move on to a different software.

    I used to talk to my family over WhatsApp, until they had a 24h outage and we switched to Signal, to never come back. But I still have dozens of other people there who won’t switch. At some point it’s a tradeoff you decide to make

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• misterdoctor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Anyone have a recommendation for a cross platform fediverse app to replace FB Messenger specifically? I don’t use the FB site but I do use Messenger to stay in touch with my family back home and for a group chat with my wife and kids.

  Would specifically need macOS, Windows and iOS support.

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  • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Signal is available on all those platforms.

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    • AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      This is the way

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  • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    i’ve moved my communication to Signal, it’s been good so far and i haven’t heard of privacy-related incidents

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  • Subdivide6857@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Element uses the Matrix protocol. We use and love it.

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• M137@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I stopped using any Meta app and website several years ago, but I lost my 2FA so the only way I can log in to delete the accounts is to send a photo of my ID card and other stuff to Meta to prove who I am, I really don’t feel like doing that. I’m not sure what the best action is, just let it be or do as they ask to be able to delete everything.

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  • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    yeah it’s probable better not committing additional information, they won’t collect more about you if you never use it

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