The thing is, you don’t have to leave in order to get out. I know it sounds oxymoronic, but let me explain.
You’re not limited to just one social media account, that much is obvious to everybody. So, create an account on a competing platform, and be the reason someone else is able to justify quitting. If someone else says “hey, I want to leave” and you also say “I want to leave too,” but neither of you have even made an account elsewhere, nobody ever leaves.
If you make a new account elsewhere, then when that person says “hey, I want to leave,” you can say, “follow me on Pixelfed,” and even if they don’t uninstall Instagram, and just make a Pixelfed account, you’re one less instance of
I can’t follow the people I want to follow anywhere else
to keep them stuck there. You’ve now had them make an account, then someone they know goes through the same process you did, and so on.
Eventually, the alternative is populated enough that deleting the old service isn’t difficult anymore. All you have to do is be one of the people to take the first step, and become the reason for someone else to justify leaving.
The good ol’ Collective Action Problem.
The thing is, you don’t have to leave in order to get out. I know it sounds oxymoronic, but let me explain.
You’re not limited to just one social media account, that much is obvious to everybody. So, create an account on a competing platform, and be the reason someone else is able to justify quitting. If someone else says “hey, I want to leave” and you also say “I want to leave too,” but neither of you have even made an account elsewhere, nobody ever leaves.
If you make a new account elsewhere, then when that person says “hey, I want to leave,” you can say, “follow me on Pixelfed,” and even if they don’t uninstall Instagram, and just make a Pixelfed account, you’re one less instance of
to keep them stuck there. You’ve now had them make an account, then someone they know goes through the same process you did, and so on.
Eventually, the alternative is populated enough that deleting the old service isn’t difficult anymore. All you have to do is be one of the people to take the first step, and become the reason for someone else to justify leaving.
that’s true, I already have a bunch of fediverse accounts, though lemmy is the only one I frequently use