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People can't just leave Facebook, Instagram or Threads or whatever shithole in one day. I know cos I did that move. I had to sacrifice the community I met, online friends I created from Facebook comment sections (of all places), groups and marketplace. Weird shit, I know.

One thing that saved me from losing all connections was my position and privilege. They needed something from me either for work or otherwise. And I used that position to make them install Signal.

"You need to talk to me for something? Here install this app. I wont reply otherwise"

I gave an ultimatum. Now, not everyone can do tht because of the different positions we have in this godforsaken world where your worth is tied to whay you can 'offer'. 🫠

Yes, I still did lose connections. I can't talk to my aunt who won't install Signal. She even stopped using SMS. Her world is messenger.

I can't talk to my bestfriend in highschool for the same reasons.

They were bullets I had to bite.

Not everyone has that privilege. Not everyone can do that. And while I have spewing this same rhetoric that we should leave Meta, there's no current working pipeline on how to do it without losing people.