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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Who gives the tiniest of shits.

[–] evident5051@lemm.ee 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, a lot of people use Messenger to contact other people, so I guess they do?

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Contact other people? That’s foreign to me.

[–] shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Based on your recent activity, you might be interested in: !introvert@lemmy.world

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh no it’s him, the Algorithm

[–] shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Your account has been temporarily deactivated for review.

[–] neatchee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My brother lives in another country and WhatsApp is the platform that pretty much everyone he knows uses for free international communications

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Telegram, Signal, KK, Wire... You have options

[–] neatchee@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ahhh yes, let me just get all of my brothers' business' account's followers to switch to telegram. I'm sure they'll all be willing....

"Just use something else, duh!" is ignorant. Not everyone uses social media to just post memes and argue with strangers. Some people use it for making money, or for access to support resources, or for a specific community that is important to their well-being.

[–] art@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My entire family uses Facebook Messenger. I like having communication with my family.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 5 points 1 year ago

In my experience, Signal has great uptime. This might be the moment to get them all to shift.

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

We have family chat on Messenger, so that was a bummer