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| Leaving Meta & how to reach me | 🌊 | 2025-01-31T14:13:45Z | I'm leaving Instagram & Facebook. I want less corporation in my human connection; here's how to reach me! ☺️ |
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I'm leaving Meta's platforms wherever I can. Soon that'll be Facebook and Instagram, and one day (I hope) WhatsApp too.
tl;dr: Pick any of these that work for you to contact me, or follow me: This website, {{< social email >}}, {{< social signal >}}; {{< social bluesky >}}, {{< social mastodon >}}, {{< social pixelfed >}}, RSS.
I doubt anyone will be particularly surprised I'm deleting Facebook & Insta, I've barely been active on these sites for years and even failed a promise to leave before, but this time feels different. This post serves as their tombstone for me.
How to keep in touch?
One thing I've missed even within these platforms for a few years now is actually being able to follow along with my friends' lives (that's you!) instead of getting lost in adverts. Even though I'm trying to be more intentional about reaching out to people, I still miss chatting with so many of you, and that sucks.
So, if you want to contact me for a chat instead, you can always send me a message on {{< social signal >}}, or a good old {{< social email >}}.
And if you'd rather follow my world passively, you can too! This site is the core of anything I post online now, but everything gets copied elsewhere to make it easy for you. Photos go to {{< social bluesky >}} and {{< social pixelfed >}}, "tweets" go to {{< social mastodon >}} and {{< social bluesky >}}, articles go to all three.)
(If you know what RSS is then you probably already know there are feeds everywhere here, including a 'podcast' of sorts, for posts with recordings.)
Why are you leaving Meta?
I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to say here. I hope it's telling enough that I'm cautious of explaining why I'm leaving Meta in a publicly accessible place? If you'd like to chat about it, just get in touch! Perhaps we can even go for a bite or a drink too.