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Re:The day I accidentally killed a little boy by 5ilv3r on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @05:34PM (#16110791)
Facebook is notorious for making those connections impossible when they are truly needed most. It's a marketing tool with aggressive filtering, not a family message board.
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Re:The day I accidentally killed a little boy by dsnuh on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @05:46PM (#16110893)
Agreed. I wish that I could get my family and close friends to join a Mattermost server I host, but so far, FB has a stranglehold on everyone it seems.
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Re:The day I accidentally killed a little boy by paulryanrogers on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @06:25AM (#16114159)
XMPP had federation. Sadly it didn't last long at the big providers.
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Re:The day I accidentally killed a little boy by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @07:48PM (#16111638)
Unfortunately, it's both. Wal-Mart is a good comparison--their policies are awful and they blight the communities around them, but they provide real value to individual users. It's how they maintain their hold.
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