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[–] kipo@lemm.ee 1 points 3 minutes 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 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Ithorian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

We all know that in the end only maybe 1 or 2% max will delete their account

[–] ThePrivacyPolicy@lemmy.ca 2 points 32 minutes ago

Exactly this. Wasn't Netflix going to sink after everyone cancelled when password sharing was banned? But everyone I know just ended up buying extra logins...

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

meh its no longer growing.

[–] index@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

I don't want to see this human's face again.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago

I'd like to punchasize his face, for free.

[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

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.

[–] diffusive@lemmy.world 1 points 45 minutes ago

And this is exactly the reason I am here 😃

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour 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.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 14 points 2 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

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee -5 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

Meta did not end fact checking.

Meta switched to a system of community notes, which is superior at fact checking than a centralized team of fact checkers.

[–] Shizrak@sh.itjust.works 2 points 27 minutes ago

So community notes can address more instances of misinformation, that part is true.

But if the community provides misinformation as the "note" then it can actually spread and legitimize misinformation.

So superior is definitely the wrong word for it. Perhaps more efficient? But also more likely to reinforce echo chambers.

Superior would be implementing community notes and then having those checked by centralized fact checkers.

[–] Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org 142 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

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

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 5 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 33 points 5 hours ago

Yep, but the second best time would be now.

[–] Retreaux@lemmy.world 40 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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 5 points 1 hour 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?

[–] proudblond@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

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

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[–] ToastySaff@lemmy.world 57 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (4 children)

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

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

His eyes have always had that going on.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 9 points 5 hours ago

His warranty is about to expire

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 15 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That's just him using a tanning bed.
Trumps too lazy to even use one.

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 24 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

He needs to slow it down because it's very noticably aging him. Kids, don't bake your skin in cancer rays just for some outdated 80s "bronze" Baywatch look.

Actually, maybe he needs to do even more sessions now that I think about it.

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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

The age of social media dying is tight!

[–] PumpkinEscobar@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

Yeah yeah yeah… yeah

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[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 15 points 6 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.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 5 hours ago

that's some glorious schadenfreude

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

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 13 points 6 hours ago (6 children)

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

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