Chiara Pasquini

Italy, Thu, 08 Nov 2018 16:21:24 +0100

Seven months since I decided to #deletefacebook and I don't regret it one bit!
I also got rid of Instagram, Tumblr, and a few other accounts I didn't need.

Next in my list, but some of these will be a lot more difficult:

evernote
dropbox
gmail
whatsapp
twitter
deviantart

facebook #deletefacebook

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Massimiliano

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:11:04 +0100

hey, nice to hear your plans. I understand it's not an easy task to migrate to another service. It took me a transition of 2 yers to get completely rid of google. If you want some advice for alternatives i use from your list then i advice you:

dropbox: Nextcloud
gmail: you already subscribed to the right mail provider
whatsapp: xmpp (only thing is that almost all clients don't have voice/video chat and that you will have to convince your friends to switch too)
twitter: mastodon

For the others i don't used them so don't have an answer, sorry

Chiara Pasquini

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:27:33 +0100

Thank you for the advice!
I am currently using Signal to replace Whatsapp, and I have already convinced a total of two people to switch. LOL.
Most of these services I am finding difficult to replace because of issues that are not technical but tied to how other people use them...
- Whatsapp: there are groups I am in to talk to my colleagues quickly, and groups we use to organise stuff for the association I volunteer for, birthday parties for friends, our D&D group - everyone but me wants to use WhatsApp, chances are the switch will never really happen 100%.
- Twitter: I have built a small, but lovely group of contacts there, I can't bring myself to say goodbye.
- Deviantart is an art site, I had an account for more than 10 years. I can't bring myself to close it.

A question on XMPP for you: do you think I should prefer XMPP over Signal?

Massimiliano

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:50:14 +0100

My opinion about XMPP,
It has it's advantages like:
* decentralized
* opensource
* you choose the client and provider
* you can even selfhost it on a raspberry pi
* no need to share your phone number

And i almost forgot, Hubzilla has a twitter plugin. Maybe you can have a look at it.

Chiara Pasquini

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:55:39 +0100

On XMPP: thank you, it seems like a better solution. I'll give it a try and see if I can convince those two persons I brought to Signal to move again. :)

I'll check the Twitter plugin, thank you for the heads up!

Massimiliano

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:57:19 +0100 last edited: Thu, 08 Nov 2018 23:07:58 +0100

Oh and the best part of XMPP is that you can chat with Disroot community