Curious as to how many lemmings are still using Meta platforms such as Facebook or Instagram?

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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    7 minutes ago

    I have an account. Never really used it for basically anything. Eventually started using their messaging service because of a group I was a part of. Now I don’t use either.

    I think the last time I used it was a couple years ago when I looked for something on their crack house marketplace.

  • happydoors@lemm.ee
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    2 hours ago

    I gave it up once I realized it wasn’t for human connections anymore around 2018 or so. I remade an account with a fake name in 2020 when marketplace became undeniably big in America

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      Very much my feelings and timeline. Still using my original account for Marketplace though. There’s no getting away from it, for me anyway.

  • grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    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.

  • ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk
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    4 hours ago

    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.

  • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    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.

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    6 hours ago

    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.

  • Ramblingman@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    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.

  • make -j8@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    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

  • abbadon420@lemm.ee
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    8 hours ago

    I use WhatsApp, but I’m convincing more and more of my friends and family to switch to Signal

  • tauren@lemm.ee
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    8 hours ago

    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.

  • VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Stopped using back in 2017. Just recently got a text from Facebook to try to get me back and was like “lol fuck that”

  • tektite@slrpnk.net
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    8 hours ago

    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.