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I'm cutting FB and IG entirely, is there a way to see content there without an account? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 months ago by FastEddieB@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Word has it that face scanning will soon be necessary to do anything at all on FB and IG (including deleting your account) so I'm in the process of taking care of that business now and trying to encourage the few friends I'm still in touch with to do the same.

Unfortunately, without an account you can't access content, and there are still numerous local businesses and organizations posting at FB and IG and I can't really expect that to change anytime soon. But it would definitely help sell the idea of giving them up if I can offer another way of seeing posts on those sites.

With IG, there is https://imginn.com/ which I've been using for a time, it seems to work well enough to show an account's IG posts.

What I really need is something like that for FB. I don't really need to see posts from individual accounts as I don't even think my friends post on FB anymore; I really just want to be able to see "Liked Pages" as those are often regional businesses and communities. Being able to see groups would also be helpful but those often require special permission even when you do have an FB account so I don't expect much there.

Thanx

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[–] Steve@communick.news 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I just made a dummy account. No posts no follows. I only use for occasional links people send me.

[–] Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I tried and couldn't. It immediately flagged my empty account with no activity for "violating TOS" and required a face scan to reactivate it.

[–] Steve@communick.news 3 points 2 months ago

I made my Instagram account several years ago. I think I posted a couple photos at the beginning, now that I'm thinking of it.
Try generating 2-3 random AI images and posting them. Just to establish the account at the beginning.

It also makes sense that they're more strict now. It may not work anyway.

[–] BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info 3 points 2 months ago

I e-mailed IG support saying hey I made a new account and you insta blocked me. I think they manually unlocked me and I've been using my dummy account since.

[–] FastEddieB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I did the same thing but if you read the post that's not what I'm asking for.

[–] Steve@communick.news 5 points 2 months ago

I understand what you were asking for. People ask for what they imagine. What they can imagine isn't always what they want. Sometimes an entirely different idea can work better than they imagined.

By what you wrote, you want to be able to access Facebook and Instagram anonymously. The essayist most reliable way to do that is with a disposable account. Work around sites aren't all that reliable. They work for a time then get swatted down, or limited in some way.

[–] ATS1312@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

"Can I leave a walled garden, but still see inside?"

No. That's why the wall exists on the garden.