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Comment by lostctown | Hacker News Reader

If you still use facebook on a daily basis, you are in part responsible for what is happening to the free web. Sorry. I said it. I'm getting bummed at the frequency I hear the excuse, "But I don't have a choice, network effects..blah blah blah." Doing the right thing isn't fucking easy. So stop the excuses.

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Upvoted you, so this is just a little nitpicky suggestion: your comment would've had more power and less whine if you had omitted the "Sorry. I said it."

I use facebook for keeping track of events. If someone would just make a good replacement for that (that people would use) I wouldn't attribute much utility to facebook.

Do something about it. Every little thing matters.

I just submitted an issue to Mastodon: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/5843

Mastodon has Embrace/Extended the GNU Social protocol, walling-off large parts of the federated network in an act of mass-censorship.

Be wary of jumping out of the frying pan and into another frying pan.

> Do something about it.

While I agree, knowing exactly where to put your weight is more than half the problem.

Haven't heard about Mastodon yet, thanks!

You can still use Facebook and still not be part of the problem if you use it to post anti-social-media articles. That's seems a lot better than just deleting your account in protest.

It helps me organize events and keeping up with events of my friends. Or for just keeping up with friends I can't meet at the moment. It is useful tool. Sorry, I said it. I'm getting annoyed how people like you are always eager to blame facebook for their inability to actually improve their lives with it. It is really easy, so stop the excuses and learn something new. You might realize why people use it and maybe finally appreciate it.

Or learn how to actually make an alternative. No, Mastodon is not even close to it.

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