...”Which should tell you all you need to know about Facebook and where their loyalties are at.”...
I left FB quite a while ago, because I sensed that it had the power to do great harm to the truths which honest people seek. While I enjoyed the photos of friends and some of the posts which put us in touch with one another on a daily basis, over time I saw people changing their own histories and I began to see why FB was so popular. It was used frequently as a “do over” for people who needed a different life story. Now, almost everyone is on FB and if you are not, you might miss important news from your own community or from among your friends. Still, I will not go back there. I will remain out of step regarding the popular appeal of social media. Like our main stream media, it is full of misinformation, some of which could be dangerous to your personal, political and public health. My opinion.
Oh yeah - I’ve had long time friends who’ve fallen out of contact that if I were on Facebook I could keep in touch with them - as if it’s too hard for them to properly “socialize” and communicate without blind blasting their life events on a board.
When Don Corleone cautioned Sonny “Never tell people what you’re thinking”, you may apply the same logic to social media. No need to broadcast your views/opinions as long as we have secret ballots determine our elections; there are untold numbers of people at work trying to unseat anyone who won’t “get right”.