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207 points ZephyrBlu | 1 comments | 27 Feb 23 03:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.24s | source
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alanfranz ◴[27 Feb 23 05:09 UTC] No.34953221[source]▶
My 2c: it’s the beginning of the end for some tech areas. Especially social networks.

You chat with people online because you think, you know, that people exist on the other side.

You spend time on instagram, tiktok, and so, to get a glimpse of real people (as opposed to TV where a lot is fiction/sfx).

You trust photos because, barring dedicated, time-consuming and skill-intensive editing, they should represent reality.

If that’s not true anymore, and everything is fiction, it’s probably time to get back to IRL experiences.

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1. ProtoAES256 ◴[27 Feb 23 09:06 UTC] No.34954447[source]▶
And so I keep a friend list that are really my friends and acquaintances on my Facebook.

I know when I'm talking to a friend that is really the person(no adding from online, only when face to face asking), and my online acquaintances from ye olde golden days are pretty locked in, and are currently good friends IRL too.

I immerse myself and build my own networks from physical contacts since. Now social medias is only a tool that can let me easily contact with them, and I have their phone number and email addresses as a backup.

I turn off every single setting I can find regarding content(ads, if you want) customization. I used FBP on my Facebook to automate that process too. I use firefox with uBo on my phone to filter the ads. Only Messenger Lite remains. Now Facebook can't draw me into their death spiral of content bombarding anymore.

I feel happier than before.