Yeah this happened to me when i only used Reddit. Now they get even more confused because it is (almost) only lemmy. Because most people have at least heard the name reddit, but not lemmy.
Exactly! It's so much more engaging to learn all of these things organically as you catch up with someone. I still have Insta but am using it less and instead, sharing photos with my friends directly.
I don't understand these memes... you are literally posting on a social media platform right now... this here is social media. Lemmy is social media. We are socializing, with media, you can comment, you can post image and links, this is social media..
Why do people somehow mental gymnastic themselves into thinking they are above social media while still actively posting on social media. I see memes like this here on lemmy all the time, saw them on reddit too, it makes absolutely no sense.
I'd say one big difference between those platforms and Reddit/Lemmy is that we can downvote shit until they have negative score and disappear into oblivion.
Normies are like: if you’re not a regular in Zuck’s Casino, you may was well be a weird hermit living in a shack in the woods, like Ted “Bon Iver” Kaczynski or something
I quit a few years ago. Super liberating, but after 2 years of practically nobody jumping on Signal with me, and being left out of friend group chats, I settled on "Facebook lite" for my phone. I dont post, or scroll the feed. Just available for chats.
I'd say mostly practical reasons. It's hard to get everyone in your contacts list to switch to Signal or other options. WhatsApp is so widely used that it's hard to eliminate it completely without losing touch with friends or family. We're trying, and hopefully with time enough people will switch that WhatsApp can fall to the wayside
I have Facebook, but rarely ever use it, but it stays there in case it's someone's first port of call to contact me that may not have any other means to do so.
I use Instagram because there's art on Instagram. I can have direct conversations with artists and musicians I follow. I'm Internet friends with an alternative country music singer I showed up as a fan of. I've gotten personal advice from an artist I consider incredibly wise. And I suppose I'm networking. I have a bunch 0f regional cannabis industry companies and professionals on there. I can't get any of that from Lemmy, which has already been called social media in this discussion. From the moment I had the opportunity, I've always done most of my socializing online. I've just grown to the point where I can't get all my social needs met by pseudonymous conversations with strangers, as important as that still is to me.
I have them for whenever I have the need to comment on something but my pages are mostly empty with fake info. My display pics are random stuff nearby like a closeup of my carpet, the wall, or something on desk.