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?

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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    18 hours ago

    Social media is literally normal.

    That’s your bubble, not mine and not generally. Social media profiles is something 2010’s here, maybe some still have it. What’s in now is loose communities like Lemmy or Tiktok and chat apps for irl friends.

    • stupid_asshole69 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      11 hours ago

      It’s also the ops bubble. My replies are generally directed at the op and their post.

      I will also point to the requirement though, that us visa applicants give up social media account names or be subject to denial as evidence that it’s considered normal.

      If it wasn’t considered normal to have social media then the cbp wouldn’t be so quick to implement that process.