People still using Facebook doesn't mean they're okay with everything because of the monopoly. I stay off it at times but it means I'm cut off from significant civic, social and community flows. Schools put active shooter updates on Facebook. How are people supposed to stay away?
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Replying to @zeynep
It's not easy--but it's not as hard as you think it's going to be. My whole family's off Facebook: It's
#UnethicalByDesign so we simply refuse. I never had an account; my wife nuked hers YEARS ago. And you know what? Somehow we're still in touch with what matters. You can be too.1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes -
Replying to @EINS_Institute
No I can’t. Neither can many. You may be able to and that’s fine. That’s like saying you can live without cars in the US. In a few places you can. Most people could never get to work. They would pay huge pricea shopping.
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Replying to @zeynep
I think you're wrong. We're both tech Ph.D.s--connected as they come--and minus some early bumps as people got used to it, it's been completely painless. At the end of the day though, its your choice. I just wanted to let you know it's more possible than Zuck wants us to believe.
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Replying to @EINS_Institute
It’s not a function of me, it’s a function of what want to remain connected to. I had no other way of connecting with close relatives for example, for years. Believe me, not for lack of trying.
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Replying to @zeynep
Again, I hear you. It's not like we didn't face the same. But we found the relationships that are important to us...were important TO THEM, TOO, and when we explained that we ethically couldn't participate in that business model, they found other ways.
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Replying to @EINS_Institute @zeynep
P.S. That fear? THAT'S ZUCK'S PRODUCT. Right there.
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Replying to @EINS_Institute
By fear, you mean I should have cut off my relatives. Got it.
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Replying to @zeynep
No, not at all. I mean the fear YOUR RELATIVES would cut YOU off cuz you made an ethical stand against a social network. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't. We just respect the heck outta YOUR WORK, and WE wouldn't. But it's your world, and you know it better than I. I wish you peace.
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Yes, I’ll tell my aging relatives in other countries that they don’t respect me if their caretakers cannot figure out how to get on Signal. 
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Replying to @zeynep @EINS_Institute
They can just call you or you can just call them on a regular basis (or videocall if you wanna see them as well).
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