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So if I'm going to ditch Facebook (and I'm increasingly thinking that I should), what is a good non-evil alternative?

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in reply to Dave Robinson

@dave This is a great non-evil alternative to Twitter, but the functionality is very different to Facebook
in reply to Alexandra Lanes

@ajlanes @goatsarah @dave Well this is pleasing. I think Friendica sounds worth a try.

Next question is whether I set up a separate account for that or try to move this account to it. Any thoughts on that?

in reply to Sarah W

@Sarah W @Dave Robinson @Adam Jacobs πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ you make an account on a Friendica server. Same way you do with any other fediverse software.

But I should note that I’m literally reading your post and replying to it from my Friendica server.

in reply to Sarah Brown

@goatsarah @dave
Thank you.
In that case I presume I don't need a different account from this one?
in reply to Sarah W

@Sarah W @Dave Robinson Not unless you want to access the fediverse from Friendica.

Warning: it has far fewer devs than Mastodon

in reply to Adam Jacobs πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

I'm looking myself.

I tried Friendica and it just felt clunky. There's no way I'd persuade even a fraction of my friends to join, and so many local services, businesses, etc are on FB and nowhere else.

I do hope that some day soon something takes off enough to tempt people away. Until then, I'm stuck with an account I don't really want.

in reply to Jen

@JetlagJen That's pretty much how I feel. I would like to ditch FB, but there are many things for which it is very useful. I may give Friendica a try and see what happens.
@Jen
in reply to Adam Jacobs πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

@Adam Jacobs πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ @Jen If your reasoning is for content, then you should know that it’s still fediverse. It’s still the same content, although it handles groups rather better.
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