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Meta is getting rid of factchecking. If you want to leave Instagram, what are your alternatives? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“[For] people who live in the country or in remote areas or minority groups or [who have] small businesses, that is a really good way for them to communicate and reach other people,” she says.

“It’s just not possible to set up an alternative at this point in time. So, to put it bluntly, we’re in a bit of deep shit, to be honest.”

No mention of Pixelfed, but I can understand why. Will it only be seen as an alternative once a critical mass of users move there? And can that happen if they don't see it as an alternative? Chicken and egg. I'm trying out, but it's a little vapid when everyone I know is on Instagram.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 days ago

Pixelfed is a federated image-sharing network.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

“what’s your alternative?” the answer is always lemmy am i right guys 😎

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Talk to people?

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago

Gotta hop on that pixelfed!

https://portfolio.pixelfed.social/randombullet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They just get rid of a bunch of so-called "fact checkers" deciding for you which posts you're allowed to see and which get banned/hidden/deleted. It's not the end of the world. You can still block people. You can still decide NOT to read posts.

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

Whaaaaat, and risk being offended by people having different ideas than my echo chamber? No way dude

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

Will it only be seen as an alternative once a critical mass of users move there?

I mean, yeah? That's how social media works.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Facebook/meta should never have been allowed to buy Instagram.

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