Comment on Why is Facebook filled with so much random junk now?

angelmountain@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• FuryMaker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I personally fucking hate it. But my whole friends group use it for events (bad, birthdays), and messenger chat.

  How do you convince ~30 people to switch to something else?

  What app do they switch to?

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    This video is about SMS, but should apply to Facebook or any other service.

    Basically, the advice is to announce that you’re primarily using something else with other groups, so you’ll be slow to respond on the other platform. Then be proactive about using the new platform and trying to get individuals to switch to it.

    Here are a couple options:

    • Signal - great as a Messenger replacement
    • Matrix - great as a general chat/event posting platform; make a room for each subgroup

    You’d probably need to be pretty aggressive about pushing the new platform, and confident in being able to resolve any concerns, but that seems to be the best way to get people to switch.

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