Sounds crazy but... maybe you shouldn't delete Facebook just yet
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I’ve been posting about it periodically.
I’m pushing the “buy Canadian” angle by promoting Fedecan, the non-profit running Lemmy.ca and now Pixelfed.ca.
Also, reminding people that American companies are making money off your data, and these servers are Canadian owned social media, in a way.
I still have no followers on Pixelfed, but
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You're doing your part
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I realize that Mastodon doesn't track birthdays for security reasons, but it would be nice to have a "special day" that popped up in friends' news feeds. It's probably the nicest feature of FB, to get birthday wishes from friends.
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Looks like it’s time for me to proselytize on r/Denmark!
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I changed my profile picture to one of the Fediverse graphics: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36806080
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Add them to your calendar
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People complaining about Facebook on Facebook is profitable for Facebook
Delete it, stop being part of the reason other people are there. If you can realise it's a cesspool and get out, so could they.
I encounter a surprisingly large number of people who seem ashamed about their Facebook usage and say things like "but I need it for [..]" or "but I only use Messenger" or some other way they rationalise it to themselves
Just get out.
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If people aren't switching when Musk does a nazi salute, they won't switch because of your display name though
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But I deleted my Facebook account in 2009.
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First rational argument I’ve seen in this thread. I fully agree with you. I don’t know that we have to worry about that. The Facebook crowd still hasn’t had their introduction to Reddit probably. Maybe they can go over there
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Lmao what? I deleted Facebook 5 years ago.
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It seems the boomers are beginning to migrate to Instagram now as well. I took that as a sign to take the plunge and migrate to BlueSky, PixelFed, and Lemmy.
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Current platforms like Lemmy are NOT ready for massive amounts of users. They have very poor moderation controls, no effective strategy to combat bots, and no money to pay people for it.
The only reason Lemmy is usable right now is because it has nerdy people using it in good faith. If it were to gain critical mass it would collapse under the deluge of trolls and bots.
It's a quaint little place, and I like it for being that.
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My reddit account is used soley for shilling the fediverse, and the odd r/subredditdrama post.
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I'm largely still on Reddit to direct people towards the fire exits.
I did have a chat with someone about getting off Facebook and they reckoned they could get the majority of friends and family off Facebook onto Friendica but would struggle to give up Messenger and Marketplace. I pointed them to Matrix and Flohmarkt but also appreciated that it might not be possible to make a clean break but the important thing was to get at least one foot out of the Big Web even if they aren't fully out yet.
