I did it. I left the rancid sewer known as Facebook. Forever.

[Charging Triceratops]

Maybe the endless chain of suggestions of what foul right-wing shitstorm I should follow was the last straw. Maybe it was Zuckerberg's making everyone follow the felon-47 White House. Maybe it was the Kid Rock picture they forced upon my page. Whatever.

I left! And I feel free and intellectually reborn because of it.

Fuck Facebook all to hell.

[Keepthesoulalive]

1. Thank you

[Charging Triceratops]

32. It was no longer entertaining me

It was MANIPULATING me, forcing things in front of me that I had showed no interest in. So much anti-Progressive, anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT, anti-DEI, anti-public schools stuff all of a sudden. It began urging me to "Look at the comments!!" on a particular thread I was not following.

Zuckerberg can stick his head up his own ass and roll down a hill of nails.

[Keepthesoulalive]

33. That's very clear

I like the way you think.

[Joinfortmill]

2. Me too.

[MontanaMama]

3. Question for you...

Did you deactivate your account or were you able to actually delete it? I need to do this too.

[Charging Triceratops]

10. I deleted it. It wasn't easy to find, but I did it

I think it takes 30 days to actually go away. But I'm not going back.
Sadly, what was once a fun online community that turned into a combination of Pravda, the Volkischer Beobachter, and some fourth-grader's shit-saturated sandbox.

[MontanaMama]

12. Good for you.

I don’t even have my own account but I use my husband’s account so that I can post to a local nonprofit that I work for. That organization needs to get off FB too. I am going to push for this. Thank you.

[travelingthrulife]

39. You have a great way with words!

[Mike 03]

4. Congratulations, and thank you!

I hope it won't be too difficult. Some leave it with no problem and never think twice about it; for others, it is a big step. Whichever category you fall into, thank you. I do think these things make a difference. (I left Twitter in the summer of 2023 and was surprised by how little I missed it.)

[Think. Again.]

5. Thank you!...

And I sincerely believe you will be much, much better off without it.

[SheltieLover]

6. Congrats!

[Blue Owl]

7. And fuck the miserable wretched Zuckerfuck to fucking hell as well

Burn motherfucker.... BURN!

[2naSalit]

8. Congrats...

And thank you!

[Starbeach]

11. Never Joined

Don't want my life displayed online and don't want whatever Zuck is selling.

[travelingthrulife]

40. He's selling you on facebook. You are the product.

[Tetrachloride]

13. FB on phone doesn't seem toxic to me

i block a lot of stuff

[Charging Triceratops]

31. It got to the point where I was blocking constantly

They kept throwing right-wing bullshit at me every day.

[Trueblue Texan]

14. I did the same.

The last time I left I just left, didn't delete my account. I left it in 2017 whenTFG took office. This time, I deleted the account entirely. So glad to put that part of my life behind me. I am developing my own circle of political allies and alternative sources to disseminate information and make connections.

[ancianita]

15. Me too. My last FB archive download is in the morning. Then I'm giving Zuck the finger.

I'm also changing my ISP address. No more tracking.

[surfered]

16. Never did it or Instagram or Twitter or Blue Sky

Just an old fuddy duddy.

[ZDU]

17. Congrats!

[kimbutgar]

18. I logged out and won't be back until next month

But I will miss my FB friends. Zuckerberg needs to pay for his bowing to the 🍑💩🤡 .

[Luvcatz14]

19. What about Instagram?

I rarely use it but it sounds like they’re censoring over there. I know they’re denying it, but I don’t believe it. Very concerning!

[Golfnbrew]

20. Netflix on this issue

First, congrats on canceling.

Netflix has a documentary that I feel should be mandatory watching.

The Social Dilemma

Produced in 2020, and I'm afraid for our future; nothing is getting better on the social media platforms.

[sanduca]

21. Bravo! 👏🏼👏🏼

I left that garbage in 2016. It's nothing more than a right wing platform. Same with Instagram.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

22. Facebook is basically just

a bunch of Boomers posting "I remember that place! They had the best biscuits!"

[state of stupid]

23. I never joined any of them. I have seen to many times that something that starts off as a positive

can go negative in a big way. I also knew there is no such thing as a free lunch. Sooner
or later there is a price to pay. This is the only site I have ever joined in my life.

[AllaN01Bear]

24. i left years ago.

ways to get hold of me . skype , yes skype , free. facetime , free. make computer to computer or phones . google voice . text and land line long distance . olain old telephne . in person. letter ; remember those ?

[Jit423]

25. Right behind you after notifying my friend list. nt

[Initech]

26. I left in 2013 and never looked back!

One of us! One of us!

[DaBronx]

27. Very proud of you and happy for you

Yeah!

[madaboutharry]

28. I deleted my account last Friday, after not posting anything in years.

My last post was three years ago. I deleted any personal photos and then deleted the entire account. My only regret is the time I wasted there.

FB makes you go on a bit of a treasure hunt to find the delete button. But once you click on it you will feel pretty good.

[JohnSJ]

29. Good for you. I am cutting back on Amazon, and trying to figure out how to drop

them 10%

[claudette]

30. I left ages ago

and am so happy that I did. Nothing but rubbish there

[Ron Green]

34. Facebook hasn't been this way for me.

For some reason the algorithm hasn’t covered me up in right-wing nonsense. I’m able to keep up with faraway friends, post my left wing musings, encounter lots of irreverent humor, and generally manage a mostly useful environment for myself.

[Johnny2X2X]

35. Not really how FB manipulation works

It's not about covering you up with RW nonsense, it's about subtle manipulations that make you more receptive to things in other places.

But my main problem with FB right now is the AI generated fake content, it's like 1/3 of the content now. Fake pics of celbrities or ahtletes with people they've never met or doing things they've never done.

I am close to leaving, I do like to keep in touch with a few friends on it, but I also think it gives people the false impression that they actually still know people from their past.

I do not like that they track every website I go to even after I leave FB. I do not like that they know more about me than I even know about myself. But I don't do any other social media, it's the one platform I've chosen to stay up on a few things and people I want to track.

[beaglelover]

38. Me either. My Facebook has been normal this week.

[elocs]

36. Good for you. Isn't personal choice great? I assume they didn't have a gun on you making you stay. n/t

[Conjuay]

37. Yup.

Pulled the plug on MLK Day.

[Initech]

41. I used Facebook once. I was like "this sucks" and that was it.

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine posted “Here’s all the places where it’s legal to buy Ivermectin”. Now I know my decision was justified.