Craig Maloney ☕
At some point your Facebook account will go away. Whether that's from running afoul of one of their algorithms or because you delete it, or because the company and its servers disappear: your Facebook account will disappear at some point. It's up to you to determine how you handle that. Do you be proactive and make contacts with people on other platforms, or do you treat those connections as ephemeral. I can't make that choice for you. Both are completely valid. (cont) 2 comments | Expand all CWs
Dr. Quadragon ❌
@craigmaloney I like the Fediverse in that every aspect of it is essentially ephemeral. It accepts information, connections and even every instance as transient. Like the ship of Theseus: instances come and go, the network stays. Your presence on the network is as ephemeral as you want it to be, sure (you totally can help a failing server with, for example, funding), but from the get go you are prepared that it will eventually disappear. |
Gregory's Server
Thing is you'll have to decide. It's not a question of "if". We saw today how folks reacted when Facebook went down for hours at a time. You got a glimpse of what that future will look like.
It's now up to you on how you use this data.
You've been given a gift; a gift of seeing how you react to Facebook being out of you life. The question is how you engage with that gift. Only you can decide that for yourself.
Whatever you decide I hope it's the right choice for you.