My mom was involved in an accident last weekend. I found out about it days later, by accident..

Apparently it's the norm to make a post about it on Instagram and expect everyone to find out about it there. The only issue is that I don't have Instagram.

What annoys me is that my family and friends share everything there and I'm always left out in the dark. I seriously don't know a bit about anyone anymore because I don't want to use unethical platforms. :/

@hund
Same situation. Everybody is on Facebook and Whatsupp. I told them they have to use Wire if they want to be in touch with me. It did the trick. That said, Wire has problems too (reliability, performance), so I'm open to a better alternative.