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

  • Matriks404@lemmy.world
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    22 minutes ago

    Sometimes I use it for few minutes when I have nothing better to do, E.g. on a bus, but given the amount of stupid shit I see on it recently it discourages me from using it.

  • MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world
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    21 minutes ago

    No, I had it for awhile, but dropped it around 2017 when the Cambridge Analytica shit dropped and it became apparent why my feed was flooded with crazy polarizing political propaganda that was making people from totally unrelated areas of my life fight each other online. Nothing like seeing a former coworker arguing with your 15 year old cousin over some QAnon conspiracy theory on some post.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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    1 hour 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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    3 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

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      2 hours 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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    5 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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    5 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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    5 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.

  • make -j8@lemmy.world
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    8 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

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    7 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.

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    9 hours ago

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