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Please let them die faster. They are scum growing at the edge of a never-cleaned toilet bowl.
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so what are the alternatives?
Ello?
Google groups?
I left not because of the privacy stuff (though that does concern me), but because of the fascism. The Daily Caller vetting FB posts was the last straw.
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Federated and decentralised platforms like Mastadon and Diaspora are better alternatives in terms of functionality and overall design and lack of FB’s toxic business model, but achieving a critical mass of consumer adaptation and the associated network effect is a major challenge.
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Ok, can someone explain to me why some non- or not-for-profit organization can’t put together a bare-bones social media app that doesn’t screw people over? Put it on Kickstarter, for hells’ sake.
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It’s amazing that tech companies have gotten away with charging for advertising based on their own numbers without any independent verification. With more revelations like this, that should change.
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Hell, I left just because it was toxic AF. I just wasn’t surprised to find out the social dysfunction started at the top.
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It had been falling anyway.
Bold prediction: Activity will soar next year thanks to foreign election meddling. And local election meddling.
Because we all know that Zuck isn’t going to fix something that is filling his pockets.
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Discord/Reddit/various forums (old school style) for groups, Twitter for microblogging and Tumblr/Instagram for general vain stuff like selfies and vacation pics.
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