Personal websites and email can replace most of what people like about Facebook—namely the urge to post about their lives online.
There’s a lot of talk about leaving Facebook again in the last day or two, but very little on where to go other than a few people talking about Twitter or other toxic social media that will just end up starting the same cycle of pain and frustration again. This is at least a start, but it could lean more towards a full IndieWeb approach.
I kind of agree and the network effect basically explains the difficulty of getting folks to switch even if the alternative is a better service. My recommendation would be diaspora.
We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites | Motherboard
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