Hi !

I’m a privacy enthousiast. I have pihole running at home, I use it as my DNS resolver, and I use wireguard on my phone to connect home and use pihole on it. Never been happier. No Facebook, no Instagram, no social media at all.

Thing is, I’m making big changes in my life. I’m moving from Paris to the countryside and I need, I badly need to advertise my services as a freelancer (sound engineer and wedding photographer).

Of course, I’m in the process of building my website (almost there), but I am nothing if I don’t post on Instagram and Facebook (in particular for my photo work). I’ve seen what other successful wedding photographers do with social media, and I need to do something alike.

I deeply despise meta, but I’ll have to make a sacrifice at some point.

I’ve already found something like hootsuite to schedule my posts without having to login into fb or insta, but I’ll have to login at some point for the interactions. So I’ll install some secure OS on an old phone I’ll use only for that purpose, but damn, I already feel dirty.

How would you feel about this ? What would be your approach ? For those of you that are in a similar situation, what’s your method ?

  • @cheese_greater
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    31 year ago

    Thanks for the business perspective here. I really wish we had more folks like you who can give us that side/insight and still be engaged with the overall spirit of the community(s).

    • @[email protected]
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      41 year ago

      Me too! Unfortunately, most people have traded convenience for privacy at this point. Which means both your potential clients and fellow wedding pros will be in all the places you don’t want to engage with.

      But I will say, the nice thing about owning your own business is that you make the rules! You don’t have to do things that don’t align with your values. You can still market your business ethically, you just might need a longer timeline for profitability.

      • @cheese_greater
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        1 year ago

        Might have to check out your instance, sounds mighty cozy 🫶🧉

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          Come hang! Sorry, I also thought you were OP when I responded, so ignore references to wedding biz things that don’t apply to you!