It is a very big ask… For chat i moved to Signal and convinced my closest relatives and friends to humor me and get the app, but they didn’t let go of Whatsapp. It’s lonely but i enjoy the quietness, and do not miss the endless groups!
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applemao@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoHow can you convince anyone to get off these ? Everyone I’ve showed lemmy to is terrified it’s a virus, and what chat platforms are there besides messenger that we can convince anyone to go to? Maybe I need smarter friends, lol.
nadram@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Maybe some government officials will keep you company by inviting you into their war-plan discussions.
ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
One of my phone browsers has warned me that one Lemmee instance is a scam, that doesn’t help if it is happening to others.
grue@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Name and shame. Which browser and which instance?
And is it just something like an SSL error (i.e. the instance screwing up), or is it specifically some kind of anti-Lemmy disinformation?
ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
DuckDuckGo, and .ml.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Well, keeping people out of .ml is basically public service
3dmvr@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
That was the goal of big corporations and more simplification over time and less customization
helios@social.ggbox.fr 3 weeks ago
I managed to make my mum use signal, which means literally anyone can use it.
tomenzgg@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
To be fair, Lemmy’s UI does it no favors; I can’t entirely blame your friends for thinking it looks sketch.
applemao@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I was never put off by it, but I tend to like less shiny things.
kautau@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
What you’re describing is intentional. Keeping people dumb about the tech they’re using while maintaining messaging like “Facebook works day and night to keep you safe” was the point all along so that people don’t understand what they’re doing. Granted that extends far beyond social media, but still
applemao@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They don’t realize it’s the big shiny companies that are actually scamming them and stealing their data.