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Staying in Touch
Signal groups keep family and close friends connected with real end-to-end encryption — no ads, no algorithm deciding who sees what.
Resource Guide
Unfriend Facebook
Facebook still holds a lot of what people actually use it for — staying in touch, organizing groups, buying and selling locally. Here's where that stuff can live instead.
Alternatives by category
Where to actually go instead
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Community & Organizing
Our own community forum is exactly built for this — real discussion without a platform mining it for engagement.
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Buying & Selling Locally
Craigslist and neighborhood Buy Nothing groups cover most of what Facebook Marketplace was used for, without the tracking.
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Finding Local Events
Our own Calendar page pulls together real local events — and you can submit your own, no algorithm required.
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News & Updates
Following organizations directly through email newsletters or an RSS reader skips the feed entirely and shows you everything, in order.
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Sharing Photos
A shared photo album (iCloud, Google Photos shared albums) gets photos to family without putting them on a public platform.
Getting started
You don't have to do this all at once
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Start with one group chat
Move your closest circle to Signal first — it's the easiest habit to build, and the one you'll notice most.
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Find your local groups elsewhere
Check whether the organizing groups you follow already have a presence off Facebook — many do.
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Set a wind-down date
Rather than deleting everything at once, pick a date to stop checking, then delete once it's actually easy.
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Bring people with you
The hardest part of leaving is losing touch — invite the people you'd miss to wherever you're moving first.
Know a better alternative?
This list only stays useful if organizers keep it current. Tell us what to add.