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Re:Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads ... by icantevenhold on Sunday September 27, 2026 @08:08AM (#49865985)
I think you’re not aware how deeply engrained WhatsApp and instagram are in Brasil.

I think dependence is definitely a problem because everyone would get mad at you for having to switch. Sure in the long run it wouldn’t be an issue but immediately you will lose some voters

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Re:Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads ... by subw00f on Sunday September 27, 2026 @09:00AM (#49866314)
When WhatsApp was banned for a day, people immediately migrated to Telegram. This is not an excuse.
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Re:Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads ... by ByThyGrace on Sunday September 27, 2026 @09:25AM (#49866479)
Didn't Brazil massively adopt Bsky as an alternative to X? And in a very short timespan too? Did they turn around on that?
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Re:Meta Blocks President Lula's Facebook Page, Campaign Ads ... by icantevenhold on Sunday September 27, 2026 @11:52AM (#49867780)
Maybe, I don’t use either - but WhatsApp is a different use case too
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