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Please don't tell me to get off of it, I have old Livejournal friends to keep in touch with and that's why I'm there.

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[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 23 minutes ago

Get off of it

[–] ximtor@lemmy.zip 5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Since when do random low quality social media posts qualify as "meme"?-_-

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 17 minutes ago

A meme is a "self-propagating" unit of culture.

OP saw this and was compelled to share it. It's culturally relevant, as it speaks (perhaps satirically, perhaps seriously) about an aspect of human (more specifically: western online) culture.

It's a meme. I don't like it any more than you do but it IS definitionally a meme.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

90% of "memes" nowadays aren't memes.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

It's Angela, isn't it?

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

Saying you have to stay on Facebook to keep up with people says you aren't able or willing to put in the energy required to keep up with people yourself.

There are hundreds of communication platforms, and a most of them aren't run by assholes trying to ruin society for their own personal gain.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They don't live near me. They're all online friends.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

And? You and I are online, right now, communicating across an unknown amount of distance, while you tell me having online friends means you need Facebook to keep in touch.

There are plenty of ways to communicate with people who aren't in your town. I have friends on the other side of the country, and a couple over in the EU, and I can communicate with them just fine and never touch Facebook. If you don't want to leave Facebook, just say it instead of hiding behind trivialities to excuse you staying there. I have plenty of friends who choose to give a pound of flesh to Facebook for one reason or another, but at least they admit they want to be there.

[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That's a 2 way street. I will say from experience that not using social media like Facebook dramatically dwindled who will reciprocate by text or email.

Fine by me for my life, but I saw the difference as they all used it more and more and I did not.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Same, but I also recognized that the people who wouldn't message me back were not people that I wanted to spend extra effort on communication with when they couldn't bother to respond to a text.

The people that matter make the effort, but many of us are concerned with the quantity of friends instead of the quality of the friendships. I have fewer people to talk today than I did on Facebook, but at least I actually want to talk to them instead of just going through the motions.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

People used to write letters to stay in touch. Literally basic email could fill that niche.

[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Just write an email

Just call them

Yeah no thanks

I'll just scan for their name in the papers.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Honestly, following gossip about people you're actually connected with is still better than random accounts, pages, and posts you don't follow being forced on your feed.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It unexpectedly happened to me recently, and I didn't mean to follow the gossip so much as I was surprised, and I discovered the husband had put up a video of the wife cheating on him that he had hired a private investigator to follow. That is very much not nice, but also cheating is crappy. Last person I expected it from would be her.

[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago

So…did you goon?

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 19 points 23 hours ago

Never cared for this type of stuff while I was on Facebook. It's been ages though. I don't miss it one bit.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 5 points 18 hours ago

You know it’s a dumpster fire yet you remain. There was no way I was going to try and convince you.

Technically I still have an account. It’s from the before times when you could have a fake name and not need to verify anything. I’ve used it twice in 9 years, both times for selling things. Pissed it’s still the best place for that.

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 9 points 21 hours ago

There is no reason good enough to still be on the Meta hamster wheel in 2025. Facebook, insta, whatever. Get out as fast as you can.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

I thought I was being original when I did this. Though I used my middle name so no one from my hometown could find me and I only use fb for marketplace. Fb needs a separate app for marketplace. When I bring this up my brother always goes "then I couldn't check their page to see if they are a wierdo". My guy, you were goonin over a girls account that bought your couch, you're the creep. Like that's exactly why it would be better. "Ebay 2.0 local buy sell trade" i don't need to know Annie has 4 kids and golden retriever. All I need to know is the price, but I digress

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[–] peregrin5@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago (7 children)
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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Facebook has had my middle name as a last name since day 1. I was never into giving them personal information.

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