Curious as to how many lemmings are still using Meta platforms such as Facebook or Instagram?
I have it, but it’s not my real name. I removed all the photos from my profile about 10 years ago. I don’t have the app on my phone, so I only check it when I’m on my PC. I don’t post to it, rarely comment on other people’s posts, and only occasionally “like” or “love” the comments.
The only reason I keep the account is because if I deleted it, I would lose track of everyone I’ve ever known in my life since high-school onwards (I’m 45, to put that in perspective) that I don’t really communicate with at all anymore, but I still like seeing what they’re up to in life. I don’t know how else/where else I’d be able to do that.
There’s a handful of people on there that I want to keep in touch with that I wouldn’t as easily be able to otherwise.
Yes. I run an account for our D&D blog. I keep my personal and actually post opposition to republican stuff in order to counter my friend’s stuff. I don’t care if they listen or not, the more i inundate them with it the more likely they will eventually listen or block me which then good riddance.
Canceled 2 months ago and never looked back.
Gave it up about a month ago. The only reason I miss it is marketplace and getting local community news. Also local events are advertised there as well. I was trying to think of a way to get it back in a very anonymized way and block as much of the app as possible. I have adguard DNS, and a throw away email so I may do that.
Nope, I got rid of it when Snowden dropped his info.
My account still exists, and I will log in maybe once every 6 months when I need to for some reason. But that’s it. Sorta like LinkedIn.
Also no Threads, Instagram, etc.
Never did
This is the way.
deleted my account a year ago, wasn’t using it for years but did use messenger previously
never had instagram, because never got the point
I use WhatsApp, but I’m convincing more and more of my friends and family to switch to Signal
Stopped using back in 2017. Just recently got a text from Facebook to try to get me back and was like “lol fuck that”
I abandoned Facebook and Instagram about 8 years ago, when they had begun putting some random posts on my feed. It was nice when it was about following your friends and their content, but I couldn’t care less about their recommendations.
I quit circa 2012 after a friend posted a photo of us and fb suggested they tag me.
I’ve never used any of the others.
Deleted circa 2010. Never looked back.
No more Meta apps. FB, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, Threads. Nothing. Painful at times but worth it.
What’s painful?
Everyone complaining that I’m not on WhatsApp mostly, family, friends, colleagues
Where I live, a lot of small businesses, solo entrepreneurs, and events can only be discovered via Facebook. So if you need some service, you will probably never find them if you aren’t on Facebook.
