Are you a Meta enjoyer?
No, but I do use whatsapp.
I’m on every site known to mankind, and that includes both of those.
Nope. I never made an Instagram account. I used to be on fb all the time, but I deleted my account like 6 years ago and I don’t miss it whatsoever. Now unless you count watching YouTube videos, Lemmy is the only social media I’m on. And I’m a happier person for it.
C. None of the above
I do have LinkedIn which I keep as a professional point of contact. But that is heavily filtered in what I post and what I bother reading.
I also have a Mastadon account for following the infosec.exchange community. Though I basically just lurk and don’t post.
Meta is really the poster child for enshitification.
I don’t feel like they’re the poster child for enshittification; I still use Facebook the same as I did in 2006. It got worse, true, but it’s not enshittification worse. It’s worse because every cunt with a phone can get on from their phones. I don’t feel it’s enshittification as there’s no fees and it still serves the same basic function of keeping in touch with friends/family and uploading photos. How do you feel it was enshittified?
If they were charging for photo storage or a certain number of friends, or fees for business pages, I’d agree. I don’t see monitization or the ruthless pursuit of profit as the main force behind why Facebook sucks these days.
It’s free because they’re harvesting and selling all your data to the highest bidder.
I use facebook to contact my family, for my neighborhood and city running group and to follow artists new music
Never been on Instagram, but it’s almost impossible to have a social life or be involved with political activism without Facebook and/or Messenger. It all gets organised and announced there.
Pretty much, and while it depends on location, that is the case where I am at as well.
The good thing is that we can still limit how much time we spend on it and what kind of information we give away
Yes.
No. Well, kind of. Reluctantly. I check facebook once a week because so much of my kids’ activities are planned there. And I only do so on one specific computer, and in incognito mode.
FUCK no.
No. I was on Facebook when I was in my early 20s but I found it hollow and vapid; everyone being fake, showing off and pretending for their feeds. I also didn’t like how much data Facebook/meta was harvesting so I deleted my account. I haven’t missed it and it’s been over 15years.
The only social media I use is Lemmy (previously reddit), and that is anonymous and separate from my life - way better than the fake shit on Facebook.
Instagram, Tiktok etc - it’s all fake and narcissistic, influencers are just shills, and the companies themselves are just stealing your data and advertising at you the entire time.
Fuck social media, it’s the surge of our age.
scourge /skûrj/ noun
1, A source of widespread dreadful affliction and devastation such as that caused by pestilence or war. 2. A means of inflicting severe suffering, vengeance, or punishment. 3. A small whip used to inflict punishment.
Nobody will admit to it here.
True. Most people still use it, and this is the demographic that’s most likely to be ashamed to admit it.
My family insists on using Facebook messenger, so I only have an account for that.
Is “kinda” a legitimate answer?
I’ve got a fake FB account for the marketplace.
And I’ve got 4 Instagram accounts. But I don’t really use instagram that much anymore and haven’t since the start of pandemic when it just made me feel awful. I install the app when I need to/want to post a reel or a story. Otherwise I sometimes post pictures from my laptop and do some lurking.
So I feel like I’ve broken free from the scrolling prison, but I still use the platform. Sometimes.
No.
I cross-post all of my tiktoks on Instagram cuz why not, but other than that I don’t use it. I use Facebook to stay in touch with family. I know the younger generation doesn’t really use facebook, but what social media do you guys use to stay in touch with irl friends and family? it seems like the only one out there that still requires real names other than nextdoor
