Meta is getting rid of factchecking. If you want to leave Instagram, what are your alternatives? (www.theguardian.com)
from chrisbit@leminal.space to technology@lemmy.ml on 08 Jan 20:42
https://leminal.space/post/14389413

cross-posted from: leminal.space/post/14389410

“[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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LovingHippieCat@lemmy.world on 08 Jan 20:54 next collapse

So the article has the headline “What are your alternatives”, but then doesn’t list any alternatives even goes as far as saying there are no good alternatives. What a shit headline.

chrisbit@leminal.space on 08 Jan 20:57 collapse

Agreed. I probably should have given spoilers.

THB@lemmy.ml on 08 Jan 21:31 next collapse

For artists, Cara is a nice little community. Small for now, but potential to grow. App and interface are pretty good, and also has an anti-AI policy

DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works on 08 Jan 23:12 collapse

There’s another one for photographers, pixelfed I think?

JokerCharlie@lemmy.zip on 09 Jan 03:33 collapse

Yes, that is correct. Pixelfed

merde@sh.itjust.works on 08 Jan 23:44 next collapse

if somebody was on meta today, they won’t be leaving now just because there will be less moderation tomorrow.

like smokers, in some way. What more does a smoker need to learn to stop smoking?

go make zuckerberg more money, book your face, you have nothing to hide!

chris@lemm.ee on 10 Jan 20:29 collapse

I mean, I am. I held out because I’m a photographer with local friends & connections that are only on Meta’s platforms. But, it’s just not worth it anymore. It’s been a long time coming, but I’ve had enough.

anonymous111@lemmy.world on 09 Jan 08:19 next collapse

Are there any popular open source alternatives? I checked a while ago but didn’t find anything.

PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca on 09 Jan 17:06 collapse

Pixelfed

chris@lemm.ee on 10 Jan 20:30 collapse

It’s slowly but surely growing. I also get more engagement there than anywhere else right now.

lukewarm_ozone@lemmy.today on 10 Jan 20:57 next collapse

The article title is somewhat misleading:

The company’s billionaire founder, Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday announced that the platforms’ factchecking program would be replaced with X-style “community notes”, a feature that allows users to add context to posts.

Twitter’s Community Notes is whole lot better than nothing. In fact I’m not sure it’s worse than the “factchecking” Facebook had.

Zerush@lemmy.ml on 11 Jan 06:11 collapse

The best alternative to Instacrap IS Pixelfed, decentralized and federated