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   Mike Taylor 🦕 (mike@sauropods.win)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 18:40:54 JST Mike Taylor 🦕

   Eugen Rochko (the primary creator of Mastodon) asks "Have you already deleted or are planning to delete your Threads/Instagram/Facebook/WhatsApp account in light of recent policy changes?" — https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/113807557377979747

   No, I have not (and will not). I have always detested Facebook. But it's where my mum is, and my sister, and my brother and his wife. There's simply no way they're all coming across to the Fediverse. So I'll retain a (silent) presence where they are.

   This is reality for many of us.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 18:40:50 JST Rich Felker

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     • Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him)

     @mike @drmambobob Folks aren't asking you to do it because it's simple. They're asking you to do it despite it not being simple. To have hard conversations with ppl. https://mas.to/@meganL/113794498411810949

     Mastodon isn't a replacement for Facebook but for IG & Threads. But most of what ppl are actually using Facebook products pro-socially for (as opposed to endless scrolling AI video slop) can be replaced by Signal.

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     Mike Taylor 🦕 (mike@sauropods.win)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 18:40:52 JST Mike Taylor 🦕

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     • Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him)

     @drmambobob Exactly. Activists (which I often count myself as) make it sound very simple.

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     Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him) (drmambobob@ecoevo.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 18:40:53 JST Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him)

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     @mike I’m not on facebook but I’m on WhatsApp. I can’t just delete it. That’s where all my kids-related communities are

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 18:51:45 JST Rich Felker

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     • Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him)

     @mike @drmambobob I'm not insisting you have to delete it. What I'm saying is that the people advocating to do this aren't just saying so because it's easy for them. A lot have undergone big losses.

     Also, if you don't think you can manage full deletion, you can always delete all friends except your mother or a few other "immovable" ones.

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     Mike Taylor 🦕 (mike@sauropods.win)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 18:51:46 JST Mike Taylor 🦕

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     • Rich Felker
     • Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him)

     @dalias @drmambobob I' not sure you understand the logistics of this. My mum lives hundreds of miles away. She's in her eighties. It's a wonder she's online at all. It's simply not an option to bring her through the process of migrating to the Fediverse or Signal AND losing all her other Facebook connections.

     So. Do I detest Zuck? Yes. Do I hate how he's making a terrible space even worse? Yes. Am I going to abandon my family. No.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 18:58:39 JST Rich Felker

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     • Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him)

     @mike @drmambobob Sounds pretty good then. 🤷 Just because activists proscriptions don't exactly match your circumstances and tolerable loss does not mean they'd wrong, just that they're for other ppl.

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     Mike Taylor 🦕 (mike@sauropods.win)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 18:58:40 JST Mike Taylor 🦕

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     • Rich Felker
     • Dr Manabu Sakamoto (he/him)

     @dalias @drmambobob "You can always delete all friends except your mother or a few other "immovable" ones."

     Oh, I did that long ago.