There are people who don’t actually have other viable, maintainable alternatives in order to communicate with family :/ Which is insane, but April Glaser was right on this one. IndieWeb hasn’t caught up to where it’s doable for everyone.

I agree that IndieWeb isn’t there yet, but there are PLENTY of viable alternatives for communication with family. Email. Google / Yahoo Groups. iMessage, Signal, SMS. A whole slew of other apps and services.

The problem is friction.

Some people apply “privilege” to everything the way other people apply “blockchain” to everything.

There is a useful idea in both, but they’re often overused and misused.

Agree there’s no obligation to make Facebook better, but it is a privilege to be able to leave and not be affected.

“In other words, if you want to be a part of any social life or local political conversations or want to promote your work, that simply means being on Facebook.”

It’s fundamentally a choice anyone can make for their personal lives. Business owners can remove all of their personal information and create business pages or advertise if they wish. Political conversations happen in so many places (most of them better than FB).

The notion that you’ll lose friends by not being on Facebook is ludicrous to me. If they aren’t willing to communicate another way, they’re not friends.

If their businesses don’t rely on the social connections only found there to survive, sure. But that’s a privilege.

Most of the ground-level political organization I’ve connected with this last year only exists on Facebook. If I left it would be opting out on the movements.

Same applies to support groups only found there.

Eh. I’ve heard those arguments as well. I still don’t think it’s privilege. The world changes. People adapt. Businesses that are successful adapt to the market and evolve. Support groups find new ways to connect. Facebook isn’t a public utility that needs to be propped up.

I'd love to live in a world where everyone could opt out without consequences.

I think we're past that point, and that if one is able to opt-out without it affecting them, they're in a privileged place to be able to do so.