• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    it’s so hard for so many to just, not use them

    Networking Effect is a bitch. It’s like telling someone to stop using AT&T or United Airlines. These are the major arteries of communication for billions of people. Individuals can’t abstain from using them without isolating themselves.

    You can delete your account and I promise you won’t find yourself missing them.

    Spoken like someone who doesn’t have their entire extended family posting and chatting on the sites regularly. I get calls from extended family, asking me to weigh in on long conversations and exchanges and posting sprees. And then when I respond on the phone, I get a “No, you have to post it, I’m not going to just repeat it to everyone for you”.

    Tons of social pressure to just go where everyone else is.