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This is a huge problem. People can't just up and leave Facebook sometimes. They have communities there, they have family there, they have organizing that will only be done there. Valid.
But if you wanna #DeleteFacebook & can't, there are other things you CAN do. Thread. https://twitter.com/renay/status/1299477278750117888
But if you wanna #DeleteFacebook & can't, there are other things you CAN do. Thread. https://twitter.com/renay/status/1299477278750117888
I'll start with my guide to ditching FB that lays out how you can be on it w/o feeding into/being beholden to the algorithm AND ALSO how you can access it on your phone w/o having the app. The title is about money but it's more than that.
#DeleteFacebook https://medium.com/anti-social/how-to-ditch-facebook-a-guide-part-1-hit-them-in-the-wallet-f8a505c0485a
#DeleteFacebook https://medium.com/anti-social/how-to-ditch-facebook-a-guide-part-1-hit-them-in-the-wallet-f8a505c0485a
Part 2 will also help you stay in your organizing groups and not be on the news feed.
#DeleteFacebook https://medium.com/anti-social/gaming-the-news-feed-how-to-ditch-facebook-a-guide-part-2-f6af4d8eedd
#DeleteFacebook https://medium.com/anti-social/gaming-the-news-feed-how-to-ditch-facebook-a-guide-part-2-f6af4d8eedd
In general, you can stay on FB without necessarily feeding into all the things that are wrong with FB. You can be on FB without giving/making them money. And you can be in groups organizing or be with family or close friends without giving all your data away.
#DeleteFacebook
#DeleteFacebook
Oh and: if, after reading this thread your first instinct is to fix your fingers to reply & tell me and everyone else how they need to leave Facebook, anyway, despite with how this thread started
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How there are x, y, z other web services that do one of the things FB does
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How there are x, y, z other web services that do one of the things FB does
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That people were able to organize or keep in touch with family and friends or read the news or whatever else before Facebook
PAUSE
And consider that, as a person who wrote two whole articles on this point, I might have already heard those arguments and considered those points.
PAUSE
And consider that, as a person who wrote two whole articles on this point, I might have already heard those arguments and considered those points.
I'm not new to the freaking Internet. I'm not new to social media. Your hot take you're so eager to tweet at me isn't hot, it's lukewarm at best, and has been considered and taken into account by the articles I linked, WHICH YOU WOULD KNOW IF YOU'D READ THEM instead of reacting.
The assumption that none of us has ever thought about these things is insulting and boring. You deleted Facebook long ago? Good for you! Now delete Twitter.
Addendum: If your answer to the issue that started this thread is:
Just #DeleteFacebook! I did! It's not hard!
I will point out that this is a privileged stance. Just because YOU did it doesn't mean it's easy or viable for others to do so. Take your lack of empathy elsewhere
Just #DeleteFacebook! I did! It's not hard!
I will point out that this is a privileged stance. Just because YOU did it doesn't mean it's easy or viable for others to do so. Take your lack of empathy elsewhere
