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I’ve been trying to meet new friends and new people to hang out with so have been going to a lot of social events.

I noticed that everyone seems to ask for my instagram account and when I say I don’t have one that connection kind of dies, and it feels too personal to ask for someone number when I just met them.

I don’t want to create an instagram because of the privacy invasions of meta but I also don’t want to feel left out when trying to make new connections. Anyone have any advice?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I suppose you're asking if I'm French? Yes. And, yes, it's a French operator (Bouygues Mobile)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yea we're pretty much the only country that has cheap mobile plans like that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

It’s a 2 € plan with a 2 € discount because the mobile operator is also my home internet provider. So 0 €/month.

And it’s my one and only mobile number, not an extra one for crap content. The plan only includes 50 MB of (4G) data per month, and I have to pay extra if I go over it, so barring emergencies I’m only using wifi — but I don’t mind not having access to internet everywhere and all the time, I find that healthier in a way.