[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 133 points 1 year ago

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[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately there’s a lot of things that communicate only via Facebook, and they’ve decimated Craigslist so it’s the only place to sell crap.

[-] snekerpimp@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

I don’t deal with any business that uses solely facebook as means for communication. I don’t miss them, the platform does a bit less and things get less enshitified. Craigslist isn’t that bad, I still use them all the time, people are much better than the flakes I used to deal with on facebook marketplace. There will be a federated classifieds soon, I’m sure, and the people will regain that corner of the market again.

[-] 50gp@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

lot of dumbass small businesses using it when they should have a website

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Which is so dumb, making a website isn’t that hard with all the tools that will do it for you and are advertised on every pod that has ever been cast.

[-] scytale@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

That’s true, but on the otther hand, nobody GenZ or onwards checks for websites anymore. Most people will look up a business on instagram first, so I don’t blame them, especially small businesses, when they operate on social media primarily.

[-] wowbagger_@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

What? Myself and most of my friends are Gen Z and nobody I know does this. Google Maps is always the first place I look, and 70% of the time I click through to the business's actual site.

Hell, most of us barely use IG at all anymore

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[-] transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 75 points 1 year ago

There's a way to opt out... I did it six years ago. No regrets at all.

[-] eee@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago

I don't see any ads for threads, because I haven't used Facebook for like 5 years now lol

[-] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 50 points 1 year ago

and there’s no way to opt out

Allow me to show you a way to opt out

[-] s1ndr0m3@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago

there's no way to opt out

Yes there is a way to opt out. Just opt out of Facebook and Meta products all together.

[-] PeWu@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

If not everyone using messenger, I would. I'm not using Facebook tho, but it doesn't help much

[-] JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Everyone has an excuse but you've gotta start somewhere. There are probably hundreds of ways to message people and we would all survive if Meta and it's products vanished.

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[-] jeremy_sylvis@midwest.social 34 points 1 year ago

Sure there is... stop using Facebook.

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[-] loopednetwork 31 points 1 year ago

I feel like if you’re still willing to use anything Meta has touched, you have no excuse to be surprised by this kind of thing.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago

I’m just surprised that people are surprised that meta will promote platform A (that they own) on platform B (that they own).

[-] LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol 24 points 1 year ago

No way to opt out. How about leave

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Just fucking leave! Do it! Delete FB and hit the gym!

[-] Gregorech@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Hit the lawyer, deleted gym, Facebook up....

[-] yoz@aussie.zone 17 points 1 year ago

I stopped it by using this simple trick.

DELETED MY ACCOUNT AND THEN THE APP

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 13 points 1 year ago

Does that matter? Facebook, Insta and Threads are all owned by the same company.

Why shouldn't they merge them all together? Gmail sends appointments, flights, etc to Google Calendar. Should I be outraged by that too?

If you're still oversharing on Facebook at this point, you know what you're getting into. Even those that post that nonsense "I do NOT give Facebook permission" spam that highlights everyone vulnerable to other scams.

[-] ohlaph@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I opted out almost 8 years ago be deleting my Facebook account. I would highly recommend.

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I was just about to say either deleting your account or not using the service is an opt-out, but you beat me to it.

[-] Lemonparty@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

They do it on Instagram too. I barely use Instagram as it is, but I have noticed that it's suddenly loaded with "recommended threads" or something dumb

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[-] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Arent threads suposed to support federation is rhis meta just trying to take over and kill the only credible threat they face?

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 10 points 1 year ago

It's all one app.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOtgF3eCn-Y

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[-] DingoBilly@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

What's wrong with that..? Is anyone surprised?

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[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Well... Of course they are.

[-] Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

What's Threads?

No, nevermind, I don't want to know.

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[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Is that because no one is using Threads?

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Threads was already dead when porn was banned, that's why it's so hard for people to move from twitter.

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I don't understand why people use Twitter or Reddit for porn. There are dedicated sites for that stuff.

[-] rchive@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

I think people use things like Reddit for anything because Reddit has a built in system of human curation. It's not just SEO engineered garbage fake websites like basically every search engine will yield now, or sites' internal searches pushing you to their top players instead of what you're actually searching for.

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[-] JiveTurkey@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Be the change most of us want to see and the world needs. Stop using their products and making excuses for why you need them.

[-] westyvw@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

No need to opt out if you never opted in.

[-] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

The company that everyone warned would ruin the threads platform is ruining the threads platform? Oh no. Anyway,

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[-] Unsmooth7439@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They're also doing the same on Instagram.

[-] schwim@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago

There is a way to opt out. Stop using FB.

[-] generic@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 1 year ago

Threads still exists? People still use Threads?

[-] silencioso@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Same could be said about Facebook

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[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I have Instagram because in my country it's the only way to contact some businesses. And they are mingling threads posts in between the IG posts.

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[-] downpunxx@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Imagine still using fucking Facebook in the year of the Christians lord 2023

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DELETED MY ACCOUNT AND THEN THE APP

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