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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[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 2 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Came here to say this. I left cold turkey almost two years ago and haven't regretted it. I get way more value out of time spent on Mastodon and Lemmy (and I spend way less time on those platforms than I did on FB or IG). I also use Pixelfed, but most of the posts I see there are of birds, flowers, or moss so I only really go there when I want to look at pretty and relaxing things (especially on Sundays with the #silentsunday posts).

The only way to truly leave entirely is to not look back.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago

No one in my IRL knows what a Lemmy or a mastodon is. All they know is the tok and fb and x.

I sent them a Lemmy link once and they were all really scared it was a dark web virus. People are really stupid.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

I never wss on insta and tiktok and I left Facebook 10 years ago. I spend way too much time on Lemmy, but most of my time I spend with friends or doing things I love. Fuck social media. It makes everyone miserable.

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You're talking about being fed content.

In my country, Facebook is so embedded that it's hard to leave. All communication is on Messenger. All events are managed on Facebook.

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 1 points 11 hours ago

I feel that. Here in Hawai'i a lot of our emergency services, etc. only use Twitter. Finding information can be difficult otherwise. I imagine in some places it's basically impossible.