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#Facebook is down so hard, they are no longer listed on #downdetector.
https://downdetector.com/status/facebo

Writers, by all means use #Substack. But PLEASE don't rely on it! (Or #Instagram, #Twitter, #Facebook, etc. etc.…

Substack writers, you need a website!
Substack is convenient, but treat it as a distribution tool for your content. Your content should live on an independently owned website, which has a domain name you control and own. This way, you …

Welp. #Facebook is (intermittently) down and at least I got confirmation here on the Fediverse (and also on Bluesky). 🤷

#Meta permanently suspended my #Facebook account for no specific reason, other very general messaging, just because I shared devices with my partner whose account also got suspended out of the blue.
I only keep my FB account since it's my only line of communication for my IRL people and vast m…

#Facebook used to be used for social and special interest groups, but people are continuing to leave in large numbers, maybe 500,000 a year. Where have your friends and contacts gone?

Shocking. So unexpected.
#Facebook #SocialMedia #ragebait

Post copied from Robin Evans @… but without the AI-generated image:
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LEAVING META
WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR LIFE 💎
After my posting about Meta over the past two days, one thing became very clear.
A lot of people would LIKE to leave Facebook, Instagram, or both. But parts of their actual lives are all tangled up in them.
So don’t make leaving a purity test. Start somewhere. Remove Facebook from your phone and use it only on your laptop, or better still, only on your desktop when you genuinely need it.
STOP POSTING TO META. STOP FEEDING THE TIMELINE.
Move conversations with real friends to your email, text, Signal, phone calls, Mastodon account, or wherever works for you, away from Meta.
TELL PEOPLE WHERE ELSE THEY CAN EASILY FIND YOU.
If you run a business, start putting your email address and/or website URL everywhere you promote your business so Facebook is not your only front door.
Download anything you actually want to keep. Then, when you’re ready, deactivate or delete what you no longer need.
Maybe you keep Messenger for Aunt Doris. Maybe you keep Instagram because your local café apparently believes websites were abolished in 2014.
Fine.
The point isn’t ideological cleanliness.
THE POINT IS REDUCING YOUR DEPENDENCE.
Every conversation you move elsewhere is one conversation Meta no longer owns the doorway to.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ESCAPE THE META CAGE IN ONE HEROIC LEAP.
Just start opening the door.
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#Meta #Facebook #Instagram #SocialMedia #Fediverse #people #DEPENDENCE #Messenger
Public Aug 9, 2026 23:16 • Edited Aug 17, 2026 23:29 • EN
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🇪🇺 EU is funding youth-driven #SocialMedia design
@… „seeks to fund a project to design & test a #Fediverse -based/ #ATProtocol -based social media platform that is targeted specifically at young #EU citizens and is focused on user well-being … Safe, Inclusive, and Publicly-Owned“.
Deadline for submission: 06 October 2026:
👉 #PPPA #Meta #Facebook #Instagram #Whatsapp #Jugendschutz #Jugendliche #Kinderschutz #ChildProtection #Atmosphere #Bildung #education

#Journalismus kann im #Fediverse Zielgruppen 1:1 erreichen. #Instagram #Facebook #TikTok & Co. haben dagegen ein strukturelles #Reichweiten-Problem.
@… -Programmchef Philipp Schild spricht von teilw. 20 % Reichweitenverlust und hält es für „demokratierelevant, wenn [Menschen] von Informationen abgeschnitten werden“
Lesenswertes Interview von @… (KNA) im @…:
👉 #Medien #SocialMedia #Demokratie #ZDF #ARD #ÖRR #2MR #DutGemacht #Journalism

RE: #Instagram und #Facebook verlassen, nicht vereinbar. Es ist Zeit für eine #SocialMedia-Wende.
Wir unterstützen dabei.
#SocialMedia #Demokratie #BusinessEthics #Kommunikation

Research Paper: »Off-Platform #Tracking and Data Externalities: Evidence from #Facebook«
> Digital platforms increasingly observe individuals' browsing behavior beyond the boundaries of their own services.
Luis Aguiar, University of Zurich
Christian Peukert, University of Lausanne
Max Schäfer, University of Bologna
Hannes Ullrich, #DIW Berlin
June 05, 2026:
👉 #SocialMedia #Meta #DataProtection #GDPR #Datenschutz #TeamDatenschutz #privacy

RE: #NeuHier im #Fediverse.
Folgen, empfehlen und „Hallo!“ sagen:
👉 @…
Super, dass der #Mastodon-Kanal auf der Website als erster #SocialMedia-Account gelistet ist, über #Facebook #Instagram #LinkedIn und #Youtube.
👉 #Plus1-Strategie umgesetzt! 🙌 #Plus1Konzept
Herzlich willkommen!
#Natur #Umwelt #Naturschutz #Umweltbildung #BNE #Nachhaltigkeit #Hamburg #Pflanzen #Tiere #Moore #Naturerleben