So… I think I need to go on a corporate social media diet.

Kyle Davis

@stepheneb totally get it.

If I didn’t recently become a father, it would be easier to ditch.

Aside from the psychological toxicity, I distrust Meta and I’d rather not expose anything else on my device. Too many tracking mechanisms that that are easy to expose, so a folder doesn’t seem strong enough.

Kyle Davis

@dustinrue I assume you mean mobile safari?

But yeah, there are practical considerations.

Dustin Rue

@linux_mclinuxface I do mean mobile safari. Telling mobile safari to request the desktop site solves a lot of BS with a lot of sites

Kyle Davis

@dustinrue how is the browsing experience? Zoom and pan or is it responsive enough for to be useful?

John McLear

@linux_mclinuxface Haven't used any Meta stuff in ages (maybe 5 years?). People call me or Signal / SMS me or turn up at my doorstep...

Mastodon is as "deep" as I go into socials and it isn't overly needy on my time..

It was probably the best decision of my life, I have so few distractions this way

Kyle Davis

@johnmclear I love that I can sit mastodon down for days and not get manufactured notifications like FB (and LinkedIn, which is the worst about this).

Kris Freedain 🙏 🏋🏻 🍕

@linux_mclinuxface my wife and I are evaluating this right now as well. I've successfully avoided WhatsApp. Instagram is likely the most challenging for me, FB for her. I remember my travels thru Insta, & keep up with old friends/family thru FB.

Currently, we're off the platforms for a week to gauge things & evaluate their usefulness.

Kyle Davis

@krisfreedain you’re lucky: WhatsApp would be super hard. I have family and neighbors who don’t want any other type of messages.

Chris Huck :freecad: :ubuntu:

@linux_mclinuxface I’m in the process of gathering all of the information I want to save (mostly pictures) from FB and IG so that I can delete those accounts. I haven’t posted anything on FB for 5.5 years. So, it’s not a big loss. Sadly, some of my family are in the MAGA camp, and I don’t have time for that negativity. I barely open the app except when I get the weird notifications, just to make sure it’s what I think it is.

Kyle Davis

@chrishuck I also haven’t posted anything on my timeline in… months or years.

Weirdly, I don’t see flag waving maga BS on FB even though the majority of my ‘friends’ are in the US (I was using it the most when I lived in the states).

The toxicity for me has to do with zombie scrolling - I’d guess 90% of my feed is groups and suggested content. And it is actually quite well tuned - I get a consistent hit of mild dopamine. It sucks away time.

Marketplace though: i legit use and enjoy that.

Chris Huck :freecad: :ubuntu:

@linux_mclinuxface I’ve used Marketplace once, and it worked out fine, but there’s something about it that feels skeezy to me. I have no problem with eBay, and I’ve bought/sold lots of things there since 2000. I catch myself zombie scrolling on IG because it will just keep feeding you stuff. When it comes to Mastodon, I go until I get caught up on my feed and then walk away. It’s filled with things I really care about anyway.