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I don't really see the point in a "facebook competitior" since the only appeal of facebook is that it's "normal" and "evryone" is on it, something that just isn't going to be true for e.g. some fediverse product. Everyone should stop using facebook if possible though, I'm trying to persuade different messenger groupchats that I'm part of to switch to something else left and right personally