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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

same, i just say I don't do instagram and tell them my local whatsapp equivalent's id or phone number. I've tried using instagram a few times but it can't be used anonymously at all.

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