Do you have one and do you think Facebook groups are a viable Reddit alternative? I hear they’re pretty popular.

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Nope, never have. It surprises me how many people my age use it though. Groups might technically be viable but Facebook wasn’t designed to be used like reddit, so you could use it but I doubt there would be many interesting communities to browse.

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And the sorting algoritmus is terrible. I’m in one local facebook group and the top post is somebody looking for a help for that evening… month ago. That post didn’t get more reactions/likes than others, just Facebook somehow decided I should see that and not an important large discussion about important topic.

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I really only use it for gigging. Businesses promote our shows and it’s really the only way that is even remotely helpful for letting people know about gigs. While there certainly are other ways, FB and the musician groups i’m a part of have the best impact.

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Dammit you’re making a good case for reactivating Facebook.

Or maybe I should just make a new one at this point?

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LOL people still use Facebook?

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Closed mine a long time ago, I think back when Edward Snowden did the whole NSA whistleblowing. Don’t miss it.

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I have one mostly for msgr, which i pretty much exclusively use to find illicit substances so… 🤷‍♂️ do with that what you will lol

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You dont need Facebook for Messenger. I deactivated mine so that I dont lose the contacts

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True…

But then I wouldn’t be able to randomly fb stalk someone I used to work with like 10 years ago who randomly popped in my head and then get kinda bitter cuz it looks like shit’s going significantly better for them than me…

Not that I’d do that or anything…

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