Lately I've been finding myself wanting to re-connect with people from my past. What are some good ways to do this without Facebook? I am tempted to re-join that corporate monster for this purpose alone.

2 years ago

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some of those people search sites list emails and phone numbers but of course you have to pay · 2 years ago

no backup? then I don't really feel sorry ;) as a former sysadmin, i always told my users to make backups... · 2 years ago

@bavarianbarbarian I lost all my phone contacts in 2020 and they were not backed up anywhere. Life also just sometimes drives people apart. · 2 years ago

first. I'd think about why we lost contact... in my whole lifetime i have only met one 'friend' from the old times after 25 years... with alle the others i am in constant contact. · 2 years ago

@danrl If I ask someone else to reach out they're just going to do it by Facebook anyway. · 2 years ago

@softwarepagan so what do you have, then? their first and last names? what about name changes, e.g. based on marriage? usually friendships form networks, so you ask one to reach out to the other one to ask for their email (as entry point). if you indeed lost everyone from a circle of friends and have to start from scratch then facebook or linkedin would be necessary, if you can’t google their email. the hard part is deleting the account afterwards. they play dirty to make you stay. · 2 years ago

Whatever you decide just make sure you really don’t stay on facebook. It will make you stay in hundret of ways. · 2 years ago

@danrl I have *lost contact.* I do not have email addresses or phone numbers. If I did, I would use them. · 2 years ago

email worked well for me for this purpose. and then texting or making the occasional call. · 2 years ago