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Meta is getting rid of factchecking. If you want to leave Instagram, what are your alternatives? (www.theguardian.com)
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“[For] people who live in the country or in remote areas or minority groups or [who have] small businesses, that is a really good way for them to communicate and reach other people,” she says.

“It’s just not possible to set up an alternative at this point in time. So, to put it bluntly, we’re in a bit of deep shit, to be honest.”

No mention of Pixelfed, but I can understand why. Will it only be seen as an alternative once a critical mass of users move there? And can that happen if they don't see it as an alternative? Chicken and egg. I'm trying out, but it's a little vapid when everyone I know is on Instagram.

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[-] jdadam@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

Getting info on events and businesses is so much tougher now that I don't regularly use Facebook. I missed both holiday garbage pickups because my county waste management company ONLY posts schedules on Facebook.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

I'd bitch to the county commissioners about that.

One thing about the town I'm in, they do a fairly good job of keeping the services running, and most of the normal stuff is fairly easy to find on the town's website. Stuff like "Who do I talk to about installing a detached garage on my property" is an act of open heart dentistry...

Okay and on the topic of garbage I will bitch about one thing: they posted a map of the town with some teal area and some purple area, and it said "Teal is Schedule A, Purple is Schedule B." And then didn't say what that meant. I'm sure it was discussed verbally in the meeting that map was presented in.

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