Summary
Meta’s recent shift to right-leaning policies, including ending fact-checking in the U.S., scaling back content moderation, and allowing anti-LGBTQ rhetoric, has sparked boycotts and a user exodus.
The company also disbanded its diversity, equity, and inclusion team, drawing criticism.
Prominent users like director Cord Jefferson and nonprofits like Equal Access Public Media have left or reduced activity on Meta platforms.
Many are migrating to alternatives such as Bluesky, Amigahood, and Tumblr, while some remain trapped due to Meta’s dominance in communication and business.
I have a hard time believing boomers are leaving FB for this.
They only leave when they die which is pretty often. If this election has showed anything the very young are right leaning. Meta just filling the funnel with whoever they can get.
Zuck wanted Trump to fuck him after the whole shooting thing in Butler, PA. Zuck is a Hitler fanboy.
If you stay on facebook/whatsapp/instagram/threads you’re kind of complicit… It might be convenient, fun or profitable to be complicit, but you’re the product that they sell; you’re the social network keeping other people there; you’re the reach for the ads and misinformation.
Either you leave, or you’re helping zuck.
Tell people how to reach you. Contact them once in a while if you actually want to stay in touch.
I’m still frustrated that everything people sell is just on Facebook marketplace now. No one uses stuff like Craigslist anymore, and it’s super frustrating cause I periodically wanna get something used but really hate that everything is just listed on facebook
We have KSL Classifieds here in Utah. Also covers parts of Idaho and Colorado.
I moved from Craigslist to OfferUp and apps like that. I’d only go on FB marketplace for maybe a used car, and only in this area because there are so many Boomer car heads out here selling decent shit for super low, and they probably only know about FB marketplace.
I use OfferUp, It’s great.
There’s also Nextdoor app if you’re looking for local stuff that’s free and for sale. It’s full of old people posting random shit just like Facebook tho.
I dunno man, I didn’t like my time on Nextdoor. Those people were some of the NIMBYest and casually racist people I’ve seen.
That’s what it is in SF. Angry elderly racists. No more, no less.
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Thankfully a lot of people here in Canada still use Kijiji over Marketplace.
I hear you. It’s super frustrating when buying, but at the same time you can get like double the price for your shit on marketplace while selling. That’s a tough one to give up, even for the staunchest of meta critics.
Honestly, it’s between the UI and the chat feature. And the fact it’s at least slightly tied to your identity. And selling on Craigslist being kind of clunky still. They could probably make up the difference if they tried.
Try shopgoodwill.com
The company that still fights to pay disabled people less than minimum wage? Probably better than suggesting Amazon, but still not that great an alternative.
Give us something free and we’ll resell it to the poor.
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Meta/Zuck have been far right for years, they are just wearing their hoods now because Trump is looking to the big tech companies to be his State Media.
I miss when this was only sort of true and mostly hyperbole.
And people wonder why tiktokers aren’t moving to Instagram after the app ban
Tbf, people should have moved on from Instagram/Facebook from years ago tbh, esp as there are decent, ethical alternatives out there but as usual, people don’t really care unless it affects them personally or their social rep.
The fact that people are flocking over to RedNote, Lemon8, Tumblr, Bluesky and other platforms, despite them being problematic either due to privacy issues/ceos stances on political issues like trans rights etc or the techbros involve want to destroy the environment, proves the point itself.
The people that are moving out of TikTok etc are literally making no difference to stopping the rise of fascism, besides making themselves feel better about themselves about the whole thing.
Meta is becoming more right-wing, but TikTok is being banned. Where users choose to go has nothing to do with stopping the rise of fascism in the latter case.
Still an improvement to weaken zuck and musk though.
People moving from tiktok are basically moving out of protest of the ban, not anything else.
Same thing as Harris trying to cater to MAGA with anti-immigrant rhetoric and all that. They already hate her, so it doesn’t win them over, but alienates the followers.
Of course it’s all sham, people will note that pro palestine content is heavily censored
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Good, fuck’em
Took them long enough. I left that place over 10 years ago.
Oh holy fuck, that’s a must watch every time I’m led to it LMAO
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What is the alternative that people are going to, and how is their moderation?
I don’t use any of that stuff, but I saw this here about Pixelfed the other day:
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Fascism is going to win.
As people leave these platforms - permitting a welcome space for lies, hate speech, bigotry, and zealotry to flourish without consequence - history will recall, this was when the spark of fascism was given the last breathe of oxygen it required.
I don’t mean to excuse Meta for their unforgivable ElonTrump-influenced actions but running away is not going to win the fight you think you’re avoiding. That is, unless you all really commit and make it economically unfeasible for Meta to continue this policy.
Meta is successful because people can promote their small and local businesses. Because money can be made from ‘likes’. Because of the algorithm. Because people can get their news inline with their family photos. It’s everything. The fediverse has a long way to go to offer a seamless migration for users’ addiction to these platforms.
Meta is successful because … of the algorithm. Because people can get their news inline with their family photos.
From what I’ve overheard, that’s exactly what everyone hates about Meta
And yet people still use what they hate.
The whole social media thing is just bizarre to me. I mean, I was an early adopter on everything from myspace to twitter to instagram. I joined and left these platforms before most people were using them. But then to companies figured out how to manipulate users by using algorithms to increase engagement and addiction - this is what solidified adoption. What I find difficult to digest is the vast number of people who are well aware of the problems around social media and still continue to use it as if they’re addicted to crack.
There’s nothing social about social media anymore. It’s a platform for corporations and billionaires and dictators to host user generated content (AI content pending) for the purpose of extracting personal interests that help them sell ads and user data. It’s first and foremost a manipulation platform. And it’s free to use.
And now that people have had a taste of their drug of choice, they’re stuck. Sure, some people will quit. But, until another just as enticing drug comes along, the majority will stick around and deal with ramifications of corporate controlled manipulation platforms. Where else are people going to get their news? Where are they going to share family trips? Where are they going to do this in a platform designed to maintain engagement and release the drips of dopamine they’ve become addicted to? If your response is Mastodon or Bluesky or Pixelfed, you’re delusional.
It’s not like staying was such a success in the fight against fascism.
It maintained some semblance of a challenge. A mass exodus leaves a welcome vacuum for it to flourish.
Meta is successful because people can promote their small and local businesses. Because money can be made from ‘likes’. Because of the algorithm. Because people can get their news inline with their family photos. It’s everything.
Everyone who leaves Meta reduces the value of their advertising just a little bit. If lots of people leave, it will make the company less profitable.
Yes. That’s exactly what I said.
