• @foggy
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    121 month ago

    Until you provide an easy solution for grandparents to watch their grandkids grow up, meta will have a captive generation and a half.

        • Sunshine (she/her)OP
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          51 month ago

          SimpleX and Matrix are great alternatives.

          Friendica lets you link your Matrix account.

          • @then_three_more
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            11 month ago

            Can you link your WhatsApp account to these though? I’m not going around trying to persuade everyone to get off WhatsApp. I’d be better off just using RCS.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 month ago

          True, but there are plenty of alternatives waiting in the wings the moment they try and fill it with ads

      • @[email protected]
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        21 month ago

        Most of my immediate family just does sms group chats. I don’t keep up with the extended family, seeing them every other holiday is enough

    • @[email protected]
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      11 month ago

      Snapchat and frequently updated Frameo picture frames seems to the go-to my cousins use to keep my grandmother updated about her great-grandchildren.

      Posting public images of your children certainly got an icky feeling over here. At least after there was a push in media to make parents conscious about potential privacy infringement it may be for the child.

    • @[email protected]
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      01 month ago

      Grandparents watched their kids grow up for thousands of years before social media. I think there are clearly other ways…jesus people.