• GHiLA@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    My family has a signal group. I started it two years ago.

    Almost no one pays any attention to it, unless they accidentally open the app once a month, but they’re all still there and can be spoken to.

    I put a PSA out a month ago that I’ll no longer respond on Facebook Messenger or SMS after the turn of the year. Tough shit. There was some groaning but, if there’s no other way, either use Signal or invest in a Pigeon coop and get training.

  • john89@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    Weird, considering facebook does all the shit those other sites do.

  • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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    7 days ago

    Isn’t whatsapp for old people? Drag uses Discord instead. It’s not great, but at least it doesn’t hack your phone.

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      6 days ago

      As much as I dislike Whatsapp and love Discord. Private messages in Whatsapp are encrypted while Discord messages are entirely collected

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    7 days ago

    Okay? But what does Whatsapp has anything to do with the other? DM?

    I don’t consider WhatsApp social media.

  • Vanth@reddthat.com
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    7 days ago

    That is a weird way of describing it. Teens aren’t “abandoning” FB & X; they never signed up to begin with. And why would that? They are platforms built for and filled with millennials+.

  • cheer@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    A decade ago is when teens stopped using Facebook, unless they’re counting Instagram in those metrics?

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      6 days ago

      Look at the graph in the article: it’s the only newsworthy piece. Assuming the numbers are legit, the lines crossed about 6 years ago.

      Of course the x axis not having any labeled points there doesn’t fill me with confidence. Perhaps it’s just two points for each and they drew a straight line

    • misk@sopuli.xyz
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      7 days ago

      Ah, the curse of algorithmic social network. It’s full of angry middle-aged men if you follow those / interact with them. There are / were big communities formed around various pop stars on Twitter and those are quite different demographics.