We are way beyond finding allies. Call it what it is.

Does Walmart actively distort your news, your information, your opinions? Does it select what you see to push an agenda? Does it require yo to provide information about who you are and who your friends are?

I have a distaste for people shopping at wallmart, but this is beyond that.

Remember, there is nothing Facebook provides that anyone needs. It is a choice.

there need to be a lot more stuff

but that is just the thing, you need to make the stuff. That is how it grows.

Yeah the people become awful on it. But then there is also the data collection and the active political manipulation by the platform itself. Not to mention directly funding Zuckerberg and his plans.

I never was on Facebook, I saw it as a bad idea when it came out. But I understand how many people including friends or family use it. I am pretty blunt: they support Trump, they support billionaires, they support fascism. Both figuratively and literally. Zuck just purchased 11 homes to make yet another compound. The money is from people participating. There is no mincing of words on this, particularly now. Fortunately people are beginning to see that they are getting less of what they asked for (friends and family updates) and that seems to be annoying them enough to at least consider other options. Its harder for them to understand how much of their information had been slanted or even hidden from them.

I know it is hard. Thanks for sharing that you work in a field were you could see how manipulation and non critical thinking can make everybody seems so crazy. COVID was so full of lies and nonsense it was unreal. I lost a lot of people that I thought would never believe in Qanon or conspiracy and I think I can tie a straight line back to Facebook.

The next target is getting people off Instagram, and those folks are dug in even harder.

Not even remotely the same. Being on Facebook actively funds fascism there is no other way to look at it.

So… If you think that wonder what you could do about it? If only there was somewhat to get involved and make a difference…

She’s not very progressive if she uses Facebook.