• foggy@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Until you provide an easy solution for grandparents to watch their grandkids grow up, meta will have a captive generation and a half.

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      1 day ago

      Grandparents watched their kids grow up for thousands of years before social media. I think there are clearly other ways…jesus people.

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      Snapchat and frequently updated Frameo picture frames seems to the go-to my cousins use to keep my grandmother updated about her great-grandchildren.

      Posting public images of your children certainly got an icky feeling over here. At least after there was a push in media to make parents conscious about potential privacy infringement it may be for the child.

    • smeg@feddit.uk
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      2 days ago

      Group chats? They’ve replaced almost everything I used to use Facebook for.

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        22 hours ago

        Most of my immediate family just does sms group chats. I don’t keep up with the extended family, seeing them every other holiday is enough

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          2 days ago

          True, but there are plenty of alternatives waiting in the wings the moment they try and fill it with ads

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            1 day ago

            Can you link your WhatsApp account to these though? I’m not going around trying to persuade everyone to get off WhatsApp. I’d be better off just using RCS.