It was like being outed as an online hoarder, who needed a quick and effective intervention in order to be rescued from deeper peril.

What I hated the most about Facebook was how easy it was for hatred, bigotry, and negativity to flourish. Zuck might have begun with good intentions, but over time his creation devolved into a worldwide propaganda machine of which Joseph Goebbels would have been proud.

Someone once said that the purpose of television is to deliver customers to product advertisers. On Facebook, the members are the product, and the advertisers are the customers.

I haven’t logged into Facebook since I started the process to delete my account. I have missed it, as my mother would have said, “like I would miss a hole in my head.”

Robyn Sinéad Sheppard

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Genderqueer asexual curmudgeon. She/her/hers. Time-traveler. Essayist. "Ego sum, ergo sum scribere."

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