I think it’s a good sign - people are on here because they like it, not just because they are free software fanatics.
If nobody here had any Meta accounts I would be more worried, as it would mean we’re completely detached from whatever normal people are up to.
There are dozens of us that don’t have a FB account!
That thread is hardly accurate. Lemmy acts holier-than-thou about social media, so most people that do use Twitter or Facebook didn’t post because they’d be shit on or have memes created about how they use social media owned by evil robots.
It has all the local groups and my friends and family. I like to see what’s happening locally and with my friends and family.
I mean, whatsapp is a meta platform so really no surprise at all.
Well most of the people I know are on there as well as on Whatsapp so there isn’t really a choice unfortunately.
That’s how I’m connecting with friends and family for the most part.
Also reddit - why still keep using reddit
network effect
Still waiting for good alternatives.
No you aren’t. There are so many networks and apps far better than fb, you just would rather not switch. Quit the excuses
The main problem is always “nobody else that I care about uses/will use the alternative”, so it’s a dead end
Cancer? Eating feces? Stabbing forks in your own eyes?
There’s loads of alternatives!
No? Quit being an ass.
… I’m just joking, I didn’t attack anyone, only a multi-billion tech conglomerate. I don’t understand howi can possibly be an ass here.
“ItS juSt A JOkE”
Tbh Lenmy has a lot of old users. Not a horrible thing but there are parts of Reddit I miss within my age group.
yeah but those are mostly gone or otherwise unusable now, one way or the other. that’s kind of the problem.
edit: I wish I could help. there are reddit communities I miss too, but reddit killed them, and they haven’t popped back up anywhere.
Normal people have friends and family and would like to use social media to stay in touch with them. There are network effects that make it practically impossible to switch. This is not something that can be done with the power of love and well informed agent in the marketplace.
One solution would be to nationalize facebook and other social media and turn them into public utility coops that are run democratically by giving the workers that work there a vote for who and how they should be managed. And give the users a vote.
Everything else is just fantasy. Facebook is forever. You’d need many billions in marketing and advertising to get enough people to switch. And then it will be the same shit.
Unless of course Elon Musk buys facebook, then it will be trash in less than a year.
Normal people have friends and family and would like to use social media to stay in touch with them.
Normal people stay in touch with their loved ones even if they are not on the same platform. You do not need everyday group chat noise for that.
Ah normal people. My apologies
For staying up to date on my local shops and events, Facebook is just the easiest and more reliable option.
Not sure we should be shaming people about what social media they use lol
we absolutely should. facebook is fucking evil, and getting everything to move off it, damaging the network effect, is important for creating a more free and open information ecosystem.
