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Challenges meeting new people without an Instagram account (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 weeks ago by ElectricWaterfall@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I’ve been trying to meet new friends and new people to hang out with so have been going to a lot of social events.

I noticed that everyone seems to ask for my instagram account and when I say I don’t have one that connection kind of dies, and it feels too personal to ask for someone number when I just met them.

I don’t want to create an instagram because of the privacy invasions of meta but I also don’t want to feel left out when trying to make new connections. Anyone have any advice?

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[–] ElectricWaterfall@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That is a good point, when I say I don’t have any social media more than half the time people respect it, almost like I’m saying I’m X years sober from alcohol.

But I still feel like I’m tempted to make an account to avoid this additional social friction. Maybe I won’t use it for anything except getting people’s contact info in these situations. I’m not sure I’m a bit torn.

[–] hansolo@lemmy.today 3 points 2 weeks ago

Stay strong! Just because people call to you from their walled garden doesn't mean you need to lock yourself in there as well.