You ducking copycats can't even think

My neighborhood has an unofficial Facebook group, but I don't use Facebook, so I'm out of the loop.

We have a neighborhood listserv for important announcements, but we can only receive emails from whoever runs it, there's no forum or group email.

I'm on nextdoor, but there's no way to limit my feed to just my subdivision (among other problems with nextdoor).

I'd love to suggest to my HOA an alternative - either a forum or an email group. Do those still exist? What is the search term I should use for group email platforms? (Sorry, I'm not very tech-savvy.)

I am passionately political. Perhaps too passionate for Facebook, who has decided I do not belong anymore. Maybe for a good reason. I guess Its for the best. So here I am….

One Facebook feature that keeps many people there is the Marketplace. Making some extra money by selling things is nice. There are alternatives like Craigslist, but also here's another option.

Stop buying stuff.

I rarely sell anything because I don't buy things that I later need to sell. Admittedly, I do have a storage unit, and places in my home with a bunch of stuff on shelves. So, I have bought a lot in my lifetime. But, still, I rarely have the need to sell something.

Another admission is the fact that I don't enjoy the process. A stranger coming around, trying to offer you less than what you agreed to... things like that.

The point is, we all could benefit from buying less. And if you rarely need to sell something, find a way. People sold things before Facebook Marketplace.

Tldr; Combining TOR, WebRTC and Git into a Decentralized E2EE P2P Messaging App

Not better than WhatsApp, Signal, SimpleX, Cwtch or Ricochet. You definitely shouldn't use this to replace any of your existing apps or services. It's far from finished. Unaudited and unreviewed. If you want to test it out, please use it responsibly.

I'd like to share what I'm working on and interested to see if anyone wants to share feedback on the approach. I'm aiming for "secure, private and decentralized". I set some requirements on the roadmap. Let me know if there is something i've overlooked.

It's a fairly a unique stack and architecture in contrast to the traditional approach with mainstream messaging apps. To put it briefly, its a Rust-based frontend with a Git-server backend, which can be used to establish a E2EE Tor/WebRTC connection.

Note: Its still a work in progress and there will be breaking changes.

Website/Docs: glitr.io

Roadmap: https://glitr.io/docs/technical/roadmap

App: app.glitr.io

Features:

• No installation
• No registration
• PWA
• Android
• TUI
• WebRTC
• Tor routing
• TURN server
• Git-host backend
• Local-first
• Encrypted-at-rest
• Signal protocol
• Post Quantum cryptography
• Calls
• File-transfer

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: While this is aiming to provide a secure experience, it's a work-in-progress and far from finished. It is unreviewed and unaudited. I'm sharing here for testing, feedback and demo purposes only. Pease use responsibly.

No, absolutely no one in my life will ever consider moving away from messenger. Like my whole family refuses to even consider downloading a different app, and that's not even including my coworkers refusal to communicate outside of it.

So is there some kind of sandboxed, zitter-like, or otherwise bootleg way to use messenger thay doesn't involve me having to use the browser on my phone? It's absolutely miserable and there's just fucking nothing.

To 'DeMeta' we need to know where else is available to access social media.

So far I'm using:

- Mastodon

- Bluesky

- MeWe

- UpScrolled

Of which the last three seem the most popular.

Twitter is still a fairly useful source of info, and I often share from there.

If you're banned from Meta like me (including FB insta messenger threads WhatsApp) - letting people know where you've moved onto via WhatsApp (which they leave conveniently active to track you) they know your new ID and where you're now active instead.

I deleted my Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts over a year ago. Guess what? I didn’t die. I can still get in touch with people and I’m finding better and more interesting online spaces. I’m happier too. I still get frustrated with the world, but only when I choose to purposefully look up the news.

I’m even meeting new people online and offline. Yep. Without Meta. Shocking, I know.

If I need to sell something there are many options. So, no need for Facebook Marketplace.
Marketplace Alternatives:
Craigslist
OfferUp
Nextdoor
eBay
Swappa
Go old school. Ask friends and family. Put up flyers. Do a garage sale.

If I need to advertise something, there are still plenty of other popular places I can advertise.
Advertising Alternatives:
Reddit
LinkedIn
Google
TikTok (at least it’s not Meta)
Find niche websites to advertise on
Local TV/Radio
Billboards
That truck that drives around town showing ads

If I need to share photos, I can do so on my website or a non-Meta network.
Social Alternatives:
Your website (start free at Neocities or Nekoweb)
Mastodon
Reddit
TikTok (at least it’s not Meta)
Tumblr
Pixelfed
Bluesky
Upscrolled
FYI
Bonus - text only minimal: ctrlshift3.com

If I need to see what a high school acquaintance is doing hit me over the head. No one needs to see what people from their past are doing. Delete Meta.

I know what you’re thinking… “what took you so long?” I officially hit my breaking point with this Cornell 7 story. Across the instagram app, men are flooding comments doxing this woman. I have been reporting them as I see them, and one by one I woke up today to notifications that they don’t violate community standards. You'd think Cambridge Analytica would have been enough. (Or any of the countless other scandals they've been fined for or forced to settle.)

What is wrong with this company? If doxxing doesn't break their community standards, then they don't have standards. They have a PR page. I'm deleting Instagram today. I don't expect one account to move the needle, but I'm done handing my time and attention to a company that won't protect people from the most basic harm.

Hey everyone,

I wanted to start a discussion on a major algorithmic shift happening on Instagram that seems to be affecting mainstream feeds across the platform.

With the launch of the native "Paid Subscriptions" feature, a significant structural loophole has opened up. Many monetization profiles are utilizing standard, public Reels—which the algorithm pushes to general feeds, including those of teenagers and minors—essentially as unregulated promotional teasers to drive financial traffic to mature-audience content locked behind their in-app paywalls.

Because the entire transaction and monetization cycle happen natively inside Instagram rather than linking to an external website, it completely avoids standard app-store safety restrictions, content filters, and age-verification gates. A platform built for general communities and families is quietly shifting into an unregulated subscription marketplace.

As users, we already see a massive amount of algorithmic optimization pushing objectifying trends, and it's highly concerning how this lack of oversight impacts younger audiences who consume these daily feeds without any gatekeeping checks. Platform administrators need to be held accountable for policy enforcement.

I have launched a policy awareness campaign to demand that platform administrators enforce strict 18+ age verification locks on any profile utilizing these native subscription features for restricted audiences.

Since I want to strictly respect community guidelines and avoid system filters, I am not attaching direct links here. If you want to read the full breakdown, you can head over to Change.org and search for:

**"Stop Turning Instagram into an Adult App: Protect Young Women & Minors from Exploitation"**

Alternatively, please let me know your thoughts on this loophole in the comments below, and I can share more info there!

Despite the click bait title it's a really cool explanation of how Facebook has been an extension of the Pentagon domestic spying network. Scary and crazy

Zuck needs more data. He’s a data vampire. Muse collects all of your personal emails and images. Then Zuck sits in a closet gooning.