BeepFeb 20

Facebook is absolutely cooked

https://lemmus.org/post/20322795

Show threadartyom

So long Facebook, see you never, until one day I inexplicably need to use your platform to get updates from my kid’s school.

This makes me so fucking angry.

Feb 20 at 7:17pmWeb
Show threadpartofthevoiceFeb 20

We need a dumb browser.

This browser doesn’t work for most shit, making it the best browser available for most shit you actually need to do.

That’s a browser I can get behind.

Show threadcmnyboFeb 20
There is NetSurf, Dillo, Links and W3M.
NetSurf Web Browser

Show threadChrisFeb 20
+1 for NetSurf, I wrote the Amiga GUI for that.
Show threadvext01Feb 21
Ah, dillo brings me back :)
Show threadFuck u/spezFeb 21
I, uh, misread that word.
Show threadMwaFeb 21
+1 for NetSurf,links and Dillo
and i never heard of W3M
Show threadThunderWhiskersFeb 20
Literally the only reason my family interacts with Facebook. It’s infuriating.
Show threadRunningInRVAFeb 20
Oops. I basically duplicated your reply. You are spot on the mark.
Show threadBitsAndBitesFeb 20
I can’t stand how many companies and organizations only have a presence on Facebook. When I reach out to them to ask if there is another way to stay connected I usually get a big NOPE.
Show threadkalpolFeb 21
It is the asking that matters. If you sound really unhappy it makes maybe a little tiny bit of pressure, but many little bits make a lot
Show threadBoomer Humor DoomergodFeb 21

I missed out on a lot of communication for my kids’ extracurriculars because they were only on Facebook and I don’t use it. It’s infuriating, but less infuriating than the other platforms that a couple of the groups used to attempt to communicate schedules and requirements.

It’s ridiculous that this sort of thing isn’t a solved problem. Schools need to communicate with parents in an effective way, yet none of the platforms I’ve used work well. I’ve been in tech for decades and I still have trouble with their shitty UI.

Show threadhectorFeb 21
Each state should have a website that each district can post updates to, and whatever else. It would cost next to nothing. There is no reason to use fb at all, let alone exclusively.
Show threadBoomer Humor DoomergodFeb 21
I think it’s a great use for the fediverse. Government institutions have their own mastodon servers.
Show threadhectorFeb 21
Yeah no kidding, we should actually start a group on here to get local governments to also post updates to the fediverse, we could even set them up with a program to do it automatically from their fb post or something. Have them post it to mastadon, but then maybe autopost from there to here? Not enough people on here but if it’s automatic it’s no effort on their part, and it would give us a lot of press, as the municipals would say on their sites they post to fb, mastadon, lemmy etc.
Show threadstrayFeb 21
Is there a reason an emailing group isn’t a good solution?
Show threadBoomer Humor DoomergodFeb 21

They tried that but as spam filters got more prevalent people would miss things.

Then you have the threads where some replies to all and then everyone else replies to all telling them not to reply all.

Show threadantonimFeb 21
OTOH you may have missed the communication even if you were on Facebook. These days your feed is just 1/3 the groups you’re in and pages you’ve liked, 1/3 is the “recommended for you” random garbage, and 1/3 is ads.
Show threadNewNewAugustEastFeb 21
My kid refused. The school district was notified that they needed to do something else, or we would sue. They changed.
Show threadphxFeb 21
Second to worst for that is the excessive use of Google stuff, including Chromebooks replacing PC labs, and a bunch of G-software