Ask HN: Is now a good time to launch a Facebook alternative?

by feelin_googley on 3/21/2018, 5:35 AM with 1 comments

Is now a good time to launch a Facebook alternative (that can perform some of the functinality of Facebbok)

Like Google users, Facebook user can export all their data.

See https://www.facebook.com/help/302796099745838

For example, the alternative might allow this exported data to be imported, making a gradual transition easier.

  • by bgdkbtv on 3/21/2018, 5:57 AM

    This will probably die down soon and people will go back to using Facebook like nothing happened.

    General public doesn’t care about it as long as they can keep in touch with their friends and relatives for free.

    That being said you might be able to get some people for your social network, for a couple of months until they abandon it and go back to Facebook or stop using any social media at all or start using reddit.