Public Service Announcement: The Facebook Logout

[mdlbear]

The Facebook Logout — We're really over Facebook. Here's their sample post text:

I’m logging out of Instagram/Facebook from November 10-13 as part of a user strike to hold Facebook accountable for the harms it is causing our society and around the world. From Covid-19 disinformation to inciting violence against marginalized communities to ignoring the mental health impact of Instagram on teens, enough is enough. We make or break Facebook and its platforms because they make money from our engagement and our data. Let’s use our power. Join me. thefblogout.com #TheLogout #theFBlogout

Seems like a good idea. Easy for me because I post on FB very rarely, though there are a few communities I sort of keep up with. ("Sort of" because between FB's algorithms and just plain bandwidth -- I'd say "firehose" but it's more like a sewer -- there's no way I could read everything even if I wanted to.)

My main social medium is right here.

NaBloPoMo stats:
   2255 words in 5 posts this month (average 451/post)
    159 words in 1 post today
      3 days with no posts

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[mdlbear]

I understand. There aren't any good alternatives -- in some cases there aren't even any bad alternatives -- so I use it when I have to and resent having to. I feel much the same way about Amazon, which I probably spend more time on than I do on Facebook despite what they've done to small bookstores and the way they treat their warehouse workers.

So after a purely symbolic three-day "strike" I'll log back in to Facebook and try to catch up with my grief support group and my many friends and relatives who don't use Dreamwidth.