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16. Yesterday I deactivated my Facebook account.

Fri May 29, 2020, 08:19 PM

May 2020

The last stunts by Zuckerberg, plus how the site has devolved into a feed of ads and bots. I decided to deactivate because I can stay in touch with all my contacts on Instant Messenger, and that was the only way to keep it. I was being sucked in and feeling consumed and frustrated. I’m still on Instagram, which is fine. I fucking hate Mark Zuckerberg.

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This is a clarifying moment. It shows exactly what Facebook is and who Zuckerberg is. [View all] Celerity May 2020 OP

A Damning Indictment, Ma'am The Magistrate May 2020 #1

Outstanding post Mike 03 May 2020 #2

Facebook is kin to traditional television in my life. hunter May 2020 #3

Kicked Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #4

Curiously, there's a ton of Russian money in Facebook C_U_L8R May 2020 #5

Seems like a huge tell. empedocles May 2020 #6

+100000 Celerity May 2020 #8

He screwed two friends of his when he started Facebook. demosincebirth May 2020 #7

And still, people support ALL of this by using Facebook. If you use Facebook, you are Squinch May 2020 #9

I joined FB in 2009, when I turned 13, deleted my account in the fall of 2011 Celerity May 2020 #10

I remember hi5 vercetti2021 May 2020 #24

We must be pretty close in age, I was born in 1996, so was 6 and 7 in 2003. Celerity May 2020 #25

Yeah nice to see another person around the same age vercetti2021 May 2020 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Celerity May 2020 #29

yes! we are around 6 years apart, and pretty rare (age-wise) here Celerity May 2020 #31

Time to get off Facebook secondwind May 2020 #11

godDAMMIT. BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #12

I found a solution: snort May 2020 #13

A facebook alternative/competitor is needed empedocles May 2020 #18

Great post.... paleotn May 2020 #14

And yet the Republicans like to say that social media is biased against them. totodeinhere May 2020 #15

Just another Big Lie they've been spreading for Boomerproud May 2020 #30

Yesterday I deactivated my Facebook account. firstwife May 2020 #16

A timely and informative thread. dalton99a May 2020 #17

If you saw that movie about him and the creation of Facebook you knew already he was a kimbutgar May 2020 #19

I report the Trump ads as "offensive." OMGWTF May 2020 #21

My Facebook Account was hacked last Sunday SBoy May 2020 #20

I have never looked at facebook for even five seconds Mr.Bill May 2020 #22

I have steadfastly avoided that sewer of a web site Warpy May 2020 #23

File this under the topic Trailrider1951 May 2020 #27

what is bullshit? TIA Celerity May 2020 #32

Facebook Trailrider1951 May 2020 #42

Maddow should do something on this. Facebook is a un-American company rockfordfile May 2020 #28

K&R. JudyM May 2020 #33

Honestly, I've never seen advertising on my FB benld74 May 2020 #34

:( Zucker has chosen his place in history with Cha May 2020 #35

Zuck is a ratfucker, he is helping destroy the nation, zero hyperbole Celerity May 2020 #36

Oh yeah.. we don't ever need any "hyperbole".. Cha May 2020 #39

billions of dollars in extra profits, and ever closer to systemic political power centres Celerity May 2020 #40

Zucker has sold his soul to the Cha May 2020 #41

yep, and almost all of my truly internet active life (I was 7 when FB launched) has been with Celerity May 2020 #43

I know a lot of people use FB to stay in touch with family and friends, but.... Fla Dem May 2020 #37

+100000 great description of Zuck McRatfuck Celerity May 2020 #38

... Faux pas May 2020 #44