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  "title": "Leaving Meta & how to reach me",
  "description": "I'm leaving Instagram & Facebook. I want less corporation in my human connection; here's how to reach me! ☺️",
  "publishedAt": "2025-01-31T14:13:45.000Z",
  "textContent": "I'm leaving Meta's platforms wherever I can. Soon that'll be Facebook and Instagram, and one day (I hope) WhatsApp too.\n\ntl;dr: Pick any of these that work for you to contact me, or follow me: This website, {{< social email >}}, {{< social signal >}}; {{< social bluesky >}}, {{< social mastodon >}}, {{< social pixelfed >}}, RSS.\n\nI doubt anyone will be particularly surprised I'm deleting Facebook & Insta, I've barely been active on these sites for years and even failed a promise to leave before, but this time feels different. This post serves as their tombstone for me.\n\nHow to keep in touch?\n\nOne thing I've missed even _within_ these platforms for a few years now is actually being able to _follow along with my friends' lives_ (that's you!) instead of getting lost in adverts. Even though I'm trying to be more intentional about reaching out to people, I still miss chatting with so many of you, and that sucks.\n\nSo, if you want to contact me for a chat instead, you can always send me a message on {{< social signal >}}, or a good old {{< social email >}}.\n\nAnd if you'd rather follow my world passively, you can too! This site is the core of anything I post online now, but everything gets copied elsewhere to make it easy for you. Photos go to {{< social bluesky >}} and {{< social pixelfed >}}, \"tweets\" go to {{< social mastodon >}} and {{< social bluesky >}}, articles go to all three.)\n\n(If you know what RSS is then you probably already know there are feeds everywhere here, including a 'podcast' of sorts, for posts with recordings.)\n\nWhy are you leaving Meta?\n\nI'm at a bit of a loss as to what to say here. I hope it's telling enough that I'm cautious of explaining _why_ I'm leaving Meta in a publicly accessible place? If you'd like to chat about it, just get in touch! Perhaps we can even go for a bite or a drink too.",
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