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by Arrezz 1435 days ago
I honestly hope that Facebook is banned so that all the events and organizational stuff can go to a more open and honest platform.
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> to a more open and honest platform.

But does such a platform exist? are there open/decentralized social networks, and how to they deal with the issues of content moderation and privacy?

Maybe Friendica[0], diaspora[1], or something else there[2](filter by macro) [0] https://friendi.ca/ [1] https://diasporafoundation.org/ [2] https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous/
Good luck trying to recreate the social graphs you created thanks to fb
I have exactly 0 of these, so recreating should take roughly 0 seconds, give or take.
Thanks for your data point. There’s a billion people who don’t fit yours though
Social graphs? Did you mean relationships? We don't have to use FB terminology when we have perfectly fine words already.
The term “graph” in this context comes from mathematics, not Facebook: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory
Kind of inhuman dont you think for a discussion about people?
He worked for FB as security lead of the Diem/Libra/Novi blockchain/crypto/abandonedProject.
So long as there's advance warning, any connections that are actually worth having can be maintained outside of FB.
I stopped using facebook 4 years ago and I’m not missing anything.