At least when it comes to Meta, I have nothing to delete. In 2021 I deleted my WhatsApp and in 2022 deleted my Facebook account that wasn't used for over a year anyways.
I'm using it with Extera Next myself, and is really good, yeah. Matrix >>> XMPP.
I'd like to see any Nheko Chat fork with better security (I'm in Plasma so I want more stack consistency, also more aestethical consistency), but well, that seems hard to find right now (fuck off Etke.cc, Komai is just shitty slopware).
These are all based in the same protocol that makes this place work: ActivityPub.
While this is the Threadiverse (Lemmy, Mbin, Kbin, PieFed, etc.), these other are the more general Fediverse, although more dedicated to microblogging.
If you want macrobloggin/traditional social media, you have Friendica, Diaspora*, Aarkvard and some other similar ones.
If you want forums, there are some as Discourse or NodeBB.
If you want video, there is PeerTube.
If you want music, there is Funkwhale.
If you want traditional blogging and/or publishing, Plume or WriteFreely.
There are AP-based software for almost all needs, if not all needs.
How is Bluesky funded? (Reddit) — "They're VC funded, and the people doing it aren't publicly disclosed" — user frustration over opacity around beneficial owners.
Yeah, I saw a CNBC news segment that delivered literally this with a straight face, but with the addendum of "age verification may affect user retention temporarily."
Soon we're going to learn that it's all about de-anonymizing political speech.
They don't want us to be able to show what's happening on the ground in Gaza to the world. Or what's happening at ICE raids. Or what's happening at protests when the riot squads show up...
...Or what's happening on deployed navy ships, or in classrooms, or in political meetings.
It blows my mind that people still use meta's services. After everything we know - years and years of leaks, admissions, investigations. Honestly, what will it take??
Most people don't see how these things directly affect them because the effects are mostly indirect and the media doesn't explain why they should care, and many have their social lives tied to using platforms where the other people they know are, so can't switch to a less evil alternative without becoming a recluse unless a critical mass of their friends are already using it.
It doesn't help either that in developing countries, Facebook is free to use even without mobile internet data. Little do users from these countries realise is that they are the product.
They all wanted it, but they knew it would be unpopular, so they needed a law to force everyone to do it. Meta stepped up. They get the data, the politicians get the blame--and a payout. The pols continue to spin it as protecting the children but no one is buying it. No one expects it to have any positive effect on children's use of social media, but that was never the point in the first place.
When I asked around, I was surprised how many people have messengers other than WA installed.
In a similar vein, I found Fediverse users in the most unexpected places IRL.
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The best time to delete social media apps was 10 years ago. The second best time is now.
At least when it comes to Meta, I have nothing to delete. In 2021 I deleted my WhatsApp and in 2022 deleted my Facebook account that wasn't used for over a year anyways.
The best time to switch to the Fediverse was 10 years ago. The second best time is now.
Seriously, I've made the following replacements:
FYI Fluxer isn't federated. What you're looking for is Matrix/XMPP.
Yeah, I am using Matrix with the Sable client and it is really good
I'm using it with Extera Next myself, and is really good, yeah. Matrix >>> XMPP.
I'd like to see any Nheko Chat fork with better security (I'm in Plasma so I want more stack consistency, also more aestethical consistency), but well, that seems hard to find right now (fuck off Etke.cc, Komai is just shitty slopware).
Also, Fluxer is closed sourced.
Yeah, they state that they'll open their code, but that's since centuries ago, and I see it coming, they'll use something as the FSL.
which one is ICQ
Signal I guess? Sorta? But absolutely not really?
I opt for blue sky which is not bad
Bluesky not only IS BAD, but is EVIL itself.
Proofs:
Governance Scandals
Financial Transparency Scandals
Moderation Scandals
Protocol (AT Protocol) Scandals
Is there an alternative one then?
Mastodon, Pleroma, Akkoma, GoToSocial, Misskey, Sharkey...
These are all based in the same protocol that makes this place work: ActivityPub.
While this is the Threadiverse (Lemmy, Mbin, Kbin, PieFed, etc.), these other are the more general Fediverse, although more dedicated to microblogging.
If you want macrobloggin/traditional social media, you have Friendica, Diaspora*, Aarkvard and some other similar ones.
If you want forums, there are some as Discourse or NodeBB.
If you want video, there is PeerTube.
If you want music, there is Funkwhale.
If you want traditional blogging and/or publishing, Plume or WriteFreely.
There are AP-based software for almost all needs, if not all needs.
The worst part:
Malicious Advertising / Astroturfing
Well that's not the way i expected to find out the outcome of that trial 🫠
Yeah, it's worse.
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/meta-just-paid-nearly-17-billion-to-make-sure-it-gets-to-write-the-kid-safety-rules-for-every-other-social-media-platform/
Yeah, I saw a CNBC news segment that delivered literally this with a straight face, but with the addendum of "age verification may affect user retention temporarily."
It was utterly wild.
Soon we're going to learn that it's all about de-anonymizing political speech.
They don't want us to be able to show what's happening on the ground in Gaza to the world. Or what's happening at ICE raids. Or what's happening at protests when the riot squads show up...
...Or what's happening on deployed navy ships, or in classrooms, or in political meetings.
It blows my mind that people still use meta's services. After everything we know - years and years of leaks, admissions, investigations. Honestly, what will it take??
Most people don't see how these things directly affect them because the effects are mostly indirect and the media doesn't explain why they should care, and many have their social lives tied to using platforms where the other people they know are, so can't switch to a less evil alternative without becoming a recluse unless a critical mass of their friends are already using it.
It doesn't help either that in developing countries, Facebook is free to use even without mobile internet data. Little do users from these countries realise is that they are the product.
Me on Discord. I'm so ready to move. My friend's aren't...
Way more shame.
Anyone who doesn't get how this is exactly what happened is fooling themselves.
It's not exactly what happened though. Meta aren't being forced to do age verification. They were the primary lobbyists for it in the first place.
They all wanted it, but they knew it would be unpopular, so they needed a law to force everyone to do it. Meta stepped up. They get the data, the politicians get the blame--and a payout. The pols continue to spin it as protecting the children but no one is buying it. No one expects it to have any positive effect on children's use of social media, but that was never the point in the first place.
It's really a good time to divest from Facebook, or Snapchat, or WhatsApp.
They're going to try to set this as a standard, and it really needs to not become one.
The problem is that a lot of people don't care. They are getting the dopamine hit.
When I asked around, I was surprised how many people have messengers other than WA installed.
In a similar vein, I found Fediverse users in the most unexpected places IRL.
Weird to put the “Like” icon on there instead of WhatsApp.