| ▲ | thinkingtoilet 7 hours ago |
| Genuine human connection. Seriously. I've never had a social media account on any platform and I have plenty of friends and an active social life. I also make the effort to do so. Why do you need facebook? Is it so important to share a photo with strangers? You could text it to a friend if you want to share it. Stop feeding the beast. |
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| ▲ | krapp 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I mean, you're commenting in text format on a web forum to strangers using pseudonyms right now. Why is that valid but the use of social media isn't? |
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| ▲ | thinkingtoilet 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Not really. No infinite scroll. No personalized algorithm. No insane levels of tracking. To compare this to facebook or tiktok is incredibly dishonest. | | |
| ▲ | krapp 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | You didn't mention any of those. You mentioned "real human connection," yet the connections here are no more or less "real" than on facebook and tiktok. "I've never had a social media account on any platform and I have plenty of friends and an active social life." Yeah, most people who use social media also have plenty of friends and an active social life. You seem to not comprehend that there is actual utility to social media for many people, or that most people using social media aren't touch-starved incels or lonely basement dwellers or whatever. But to answer OP's question since no one else will - maybe try Fediverse alternatives like Mastodon or Friendica. |
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| ▲ | ktm5j 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I will do as I please, thanks. |
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| ▲ | amanaplanacanal 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You asked for a suggestion, they gave you one. And this is your response? | | |
| ▲ | ktm5j 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Are you serious? He didn't answer my question, he jumped all over me judging my choices and insinuated that I don't get enough real life human interaction.. so yes that's my response. | | |
| ▲ | jjulius 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes, OP did - the alternative to social media is not more social media, which is a view shared by many. OP didn't judge you, they stated their opinion and asked you to soul search. If you truly feel that judged and offended, and I say this with kindness, perhaps you would do well to ask yourself why. | | |
| ▲ | ktm5j 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Wow okay, whatever you say man.. | | |
| ▲ | jjulius 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | /shrug Hope you have a good day! | | |
| ▲ | ktm5j 32 minutes ago | parent [-] | | And I hope you get a clue Mr "I've got everything so figured out that I can psychoanalyze people from a two sentence internet comment". Gimme a break. | | |
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| ▲ | senordevnyc 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Haha, they didn't say they were offended, they just rejected the (clearly judgmental and off-topic) advice. They specifically asked for a Facebook alternative, including for online-only social groups they find important, so the advice to "just do real human connection without social media" is pretty useless. And shit like "Is it so important to share a photo with strangers?" is clearly judgmental and dismissive. Loved your little passive aggressive encouragement to look inward though. So kind. | | |
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| ▲ | buellerbueller 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | This is an insane response. | | |
| ▲ | ktm5j 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | I asked for social media options and dude went on a self entitled rant saying I shouldn't want social media. I feel like my response was rather level headed considering what I wanted to tell him to go do, but maybe that's just me. |
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