If so, why? The app is pure cancer, and I can’t seem to find one actual use for it other platforms don’t do better. Even RCS/iMessage are better than Messenger.
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Nope, deleted account in 2016. Told family I have had the same phone number since 1998, if you can’t figure out how to call or text me, then I guess you don’t exist anymore.
Never was. (End humblebrag)
I use messenger to get in touch with people I have no other contact info for.
I use marketplace because Craigslist is a ghost town.
The things other platforms don’t do better is “have a near ubiquitous user base”.
I haven’t used Facebook as social media for at least a decade
Same to all of this for me with one exception, which is I occasionally have to go on for work reasons to check the business page. When I’m there, I look at my notifications, which are usually weeks-old friend requests (usually from actual people I know IRL) so I’ll accept those. Not sure why I bother… something about not wanting them to feel bad about not getting friended, like we’re in college again. (I was in college when FB came out.) But in reality they’d probably never notice so…shrug.
Nope, deleted that shit years ago. No ragrets
Same here, probably around 2015. My wife has one due to being in real estate and not understanding the finer points of data privacy (read: doesn’t care at all), so I just use hers to browse marketplace on the rare occasion I’m looking for something. You best believe all of her devices have their own network segment at our house isolated from the rest of our gear lol.
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when your fellow citizens think Facebook is the Internet,…
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our country’s revolutionists use the platform for mass media communications - announcements, campaigns, etc.
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well known figures earn money from the platform and it assists them in monthly expenses
so, yeah I still use the platform daily.
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Marketplace. Yes it’s full of scammers, but I still manage to buy and sell stuff there. Just do local in-person transactions in safe places and you’ll generally be fine. Also, a lot of my acquaintances are still there, so I still have Messenger to keep in touch. But that’s basically all I use it for.
Never used it. Fuck that.
No fb, just whatsapp. Need to interact with a few orgs regularly that can’t be approached otherwise.
some boomers i’m only in touch with on there
Yes. Need it to keep in touch with certain people.
No. I never really used it much. Facebook is bad and everyone should delete it. Staying in touch with friends can be done with email, chat, or federated services.
My small town doesn’t use websites or any other means of online presence except for Facebook. To most people here, Facebook IS the internet. If I want to participate in community events or anything here I have to have a Facebook account :/
Ugh, same exact boat here. Thankfully my partner jumps on the grenade and browses the local FB content and then relays the important/interesting info to me, though :)
Ya that’s what my wife does because she’s more on it than I am haha
I still have a Facebook. I haven’t used it in several years. Mostly at this point I have it to facetank the million and one photos my mother in law sends everyone so she’s not sending them to me via text message every day at all hours.
I still use it to keep in touch with a local Palestinian solidarity group and to talk to family/friends overseas through Messenger so I don’t get bent over by the service provider for like €0.50/minute.
Even if I get permanently banned on Facebook too, I’ll end up making a new account anyways lmao
Its mainly because of some music groups where I find out about local jams and gigs. But yeah its practically unusable. Have been thinking about starting a friendica instance for the music people.
