…and then i wonder why they say im weird for not being on instagram

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    I remember when people got mad at me for getting rid of Myspace.
    And MSN/Live/Windows Messenger
    And Facebook
    And Digg
    And Reddit
    And Whatsapp

    They’ll get over it

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    …and then i wonder why they say im weird for not being on instagram

    Ah, youth. I remember being told I was weird for not being on Facebook and now everyone my age hates Facebook with a passion.

    Don’t worry, time will vindicate your choices. All these apps go the way of the Dodo eventually.

    The cycle of enshittification always ends up making them basically unusable at some point, and only real simple people are still using it by that point.

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    I feel like I have more engagement with people all around world in Fediverse than I ever did on any other social media.

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      I feel the same way about private torrent trackers. I’m exposed to so many people and so much media from all over the world I would otherwise never see or talk to. The media is a big deal, too, because it helps me understand and conceptualize how other cultures view things. When that media is never released to Western audiences, that means Western audiences aren’t exploring those cultural ideas.

      I get exposed to them because I pirate them.