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Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The problem is that FB is the "core forum" for tons of niche hobbies. Irts the only reason I still have a account. They successfully killed off the old php forums.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If you live in rural America sone information is only posted to Facebook, from private businesses to small county or town governments

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Additionally FB Marketplace killed Craigslist, at least in my area (also US). Nextdoor somewhat is a counter but that has its own problems.