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[-] kipo@lemm.ee 11 points 10 hours ago

According to Google Trends, related searches like “how to delete all photos facebook,” “alternative to facebook,” “how to quit facebook,” “how to delete threads account,” and “how to delete instagram account without logging in” have become breakout searches, with popularity suddenly increasing by over 5,000% compared to previous periods.

So that is 51 times higher than usual? Am I mathing that correctly?

I wish stories like this wouldn't use percentages this way, and reported hard actual numbers to compare against.

[-] DocumentingReality@lemmy.cafe 14 points 11 hours ago

I posted that article on Mastodon. So, yeah...

I hope more people will find that these open source social media sites are much better run. As well, as a much better platform than Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc.

Although, I do miss Myspace. The old platform.

I deactivated my Twitter and Facebook accounts weeks ago. I have my friends and family "moved over" to Friendica. They seem to like it so far. I have even posted (on Friendica) a few links of other open source social sites for them to check out.

[-] Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org 170 points 17 hours ago

People should've dropped FB back in 2016 or when the Cambridge Analytica happened.

[-] Retreaux@lemmy.world 54 points 16 hours ago

It was that combined with the fact that they create shadow profiles for your unborn child when your wife is pregnant. (Found out through FB being allowed to track your browsing history even off the app). That was the final straw right after the Cambridge Analytica issue.

[-] kofe@lemmy.world 14 points 11 hours ago

Wait what the bloody fuck? I haven't heard anything about this. Sounds right up their alley, but what evidence is it based on?

[-] Retreaux@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

If you look up the practical application of Shadow profiles they have the ability to gather information about non-users, which also includes unborn children in the case of them discovering that the mother is pregnant through whatever web searches that they may be doing even outside of Facebook. The whole science of Shadow profiles used to strengthen the algorithm is incredibly frightening and part of the reason why I left Facebook.

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 6 points 10 hours ago

I hadn't heard of this either but here's an article about Facebook keeping shadow profiles on non-users that references an article from 2012 where Target's data collection determined a teen girl was pregnant before she told her dad

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 40 points 16 hours ago

Yep, but the second best time would be now.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 8 points 12 hours ago

People should have deleted it as soon as their parents figured out how to make an account.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

It would be easier if they didn't buy other products I already used. I hate that shit so much. I wish companies were all banned from buying other companies. A company should be one thing, not own all the things. It's hard to choose who you do business with in our country because of this. Even if we all drop these apps today and move to something else they will try to buy that too.

[-] proudblond@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

I don’t remember exactly when I did but it was around then. Sooo much happier honestly.

[-] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 13 hours ago

Will never happen. Those platforms literally push addiction. It’s why the fediverse won’t ever compete imo - there’s no dopamine hit here of likes, # of friends, send a snap right now (or whatever they are called), streaks, etc.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 17 points 13 hours ago

I get it. I left Facebook when they changed the feed like a thousand years ago and I haven’t missed it.

My wife is definitely addicted though. She left it for a year, went back just to check in on family after a friend of hers had a baby and she didn’t know about it. She hasn’t put it down since.

She’s a very family oriented person and everyone is on Facebook. Their family is the type to wake up first thing in the morning and start calling each other.

Within minutes of being up, “Ok kids let’s talk to mamaw. Let’s talk to aunty. Now we’re calling great grandma!” Cousins, aunts, uncles, everybody. They’re always talking.

My family is tight like if something goes wrong, but we don’t talk much otherwise. Sister needs help with a bill, someone’s car breaks down, blah blah blah. We can count on each other, just not to talk.

I get why it means so much to her and why it’s been easier for me. I’ll know my cousin had a kid when I bump into her with it at the grocery store. That’s good enough for my people. :p

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

i agree with what you’re saying and i think we’re mostly on the same page here. i just felt it would be worth saying that, from my perspective, the point of the fediverse isn’t to compete with those websites but instead to be an alternative to them. it’s to offer a picture of what social media can be like without dark patterns, extreme surveillance, and constant enshittification. and there is a really comfort in that. it feels really nice to not have to worry about a website or app getting worse every time i use it.

i also feel like the people on here tend to behave more thoughtfully (in general) than people on reddit and other for profit social media websites. and it wouldn’t surprise me if that was in part due to the absence of dark patterns making lemmy feel more relaxed and less high stakes. there’s also a bit of a small town feeling on this website that i kind of like too.

[-] diffusive@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

And this is exactly the reason I am here 😃

[-] ToastySaff@lemmy.world 71 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

He's getting very Trumpy with the orange tint and pale skin around the eyes.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 5 points 12 hours ago

His eyes have always had that going on.

[-] WindyRebel@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

I swear I’ve seen this one before…

[-] SuperEars@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

It was on that one show, right?

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 10 points 15 hours ago

His warranty is about to expire

[-] ArtieShaw@fedia.io 2 points 14 hours ago

I'm somehow more creeped out by the Greatest American Hero hairstyling.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_greatest_american_hero/s01

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 25 points 16 hours ago

I only had to google it because they make it so convoluted to find the delete account button.

[-] uberdroog@lemmy.world 22 points 16 hours ago

Super easy, barely an inconvenience. The age of social media needs to die

[-] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 8 points 13 hours ago

The age of social media dying is tight!

[-] PumpkinEscobar@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Yeah yeah yeah… yeah

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[-] index@sh.itjust.works 5 points 12 hours ago

stop upvoting "news" that only ends up giving more visibility to these clowns

[-] rickdg@lemmy.world 21 points 16 hours ago

Once these platforms are perceived as a way for people to make a living somehow, they ain’t leaving. That’s why nice places like mastodon stay niche. Without virality, people don’t see the upside for them. They want a grift they can understand.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 8 hours ago

That is sounding more and more like a benefit to me. Social media that functions as social media for humans and not just another giant corporate surveillance and marketing machine wearing a fun app costume.

[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 15 points 17 hours ago

I just need to convince my relatives to use Signal..

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 16 hours ago

sell it to them as an alternative to calls + sms that's free when used over wifi. it already uses phone number as id

[-] alsu2launda@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago
[-] Gormadt 5 points 12 hours ago

WhatsApp is owned by Meta as well

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 14 hours ago
[-] ifItWasUpToMe@lemmy.ca 6 points 14 hours ago

How did he miss the point? If his family is already using WhatsApp selling the idea that it’s free calling + texting over wifi does nothing. They already have that.

He should be trying to sell privacy but unfortunately not enough people care about it.

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 16 hours ago

that's some glorious schadenfreude

zuck just few hours ago: "people who talk about leaving facebook are just virtue signalling"

[-] gubblebumbum@lemm.ee 11 points 17 hours ago

It comes preinstalled in a lot of phones and cant be uninstalled and in some phones they dont preinstall the main fb app instead they'd have something like 'facebook manager' or 'something service' which only shows up in app list when you select the "show system apps" option.

It comes preinstalled in a lot of phones

Those are typically carrier-sold phones.

Most unlocked phones purchased directly from the manufacturer (or via a retail store like BestBuy) do not have it pre-installed, and even if it is, its removable.

[-] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 3 points 13 hours ago

Nope. My Galaxy S23 is unlocked and it has Facebook and Meta crap installed as "system" apps. Same with an older Sony phone.

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[-] PumpkinEscobar@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

no fact checking and a ton of bots being added? Sounds like a fantastic place to spend time. /s

[-] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 10 points 17 hours ago
[-] TomMasz@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

I'm waiting to see what happens before I make any moves. I've been on Meta apps for over a decade, I don't want to lose the connections if I don't have to.

[-] Gormadt 4 points 12 hours ago

Howany of those connections would you say are actively maintained instead of just passively there?

Those that are actively maintained you can likely send them something like Signal and start chatting on that instead.

[-] Magister@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

I don't care about Facebook, but Messenger and Marketplace I cannot replace them at all for the moment :-/

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Instead of market place I use buy nothing, and offer up, and just give to my local goodwill.

There’s a buy nothing app. It’s a free community run organization for local things that started on Facebook then they made an app and website. It’s all give away stuff but I’ve gotten some really nice & expensive stuff off there and given a lot away too. It’s not as active as their Facebook buy nothing groups, but now maybe that will change. I refuse to use Facebook since I watched my mom turn into a crazy conspiracy trump shit person in 2020.

Ive even made friends with a few people through a few exchanges to them over time on buy nothing, like a nice old lady that I give fruit to from my garden and she makes jam out of it and gives me some back

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