Were they your good friends to begin with?
ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
I experienced this when I got rid of facebook (or more accurately, when I wouldn’t provide them with my ID to get my account unlocked).
But the other side of it is that a lot of the social groups that I was involved with, and a lot of my contact with my friends, was done through facebook, and my real world social life has been impacted by losing facebook.
I still wouldn’t go back, but it’s a first hand example of just how wide the facebook network effect can reach.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 1 week ago
ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
Friends was probably the wrong word. What I was really referring to is community and social events. My good friends are still there in my life, but the broader queer community is now harder to connect with, and lots of social events and meetups that are happening in my city happen without me even knowing.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
This is why I opted for the keep messenger option when I deactivated my account. I have so many people even just from old jobs and while I can get a job pretty much anywhere I apply (that offers my specialty) and be working within a month, that comes with having to vet employers / weed out sketchy facilities. So I need to be able to message old coworkers and be like “hey do you know anyone who’s worked at <place>? That 10k sign on bonus is SUS” and have them be like “yeah 20 got fired after the state inspection, they were reusing paper iso gowns and billing for surgeries their sister hospital in the city was doing to get the Medicaid incentive for providing rural care.”