[grania]

FB serves a function. In this dysfunctional but wonderful town I live in, local groups are a means of communication about current local government (bad) decision making and if warnings about any dangers need to be relayed. It really is great for sharing ideas and concerns on that level.

The cute "nothing" comments are fine....you know like "oh what a wonderful new hair style".

But real discussion of issues? It gets so crude and so hurtful. Posters mostly use stuff from groups with an agenda, not their own thoughts. My feeling is that Zuckerberg wanted FB to be more important than it is in having a positive impact on the world.

[bankwalker]

Facebook = Lotus Notes for the masses ...

[Impala64ssa]

My feeling is that Zuckerberg wanted FB to be more important than it is in having a positive impact on the world.
That may have been his game plan in the beginning, but all that $$$ and prestige must've went to his head, as so often happens. While I don't begrudge him for owning palatial estates with walls around them, it's the height of hypocrisy for progs like him to criticize Pres Trump for his efforts to build a wall as a means of controlling, NOT ending immigration.

[SkyDancer]

Just as an aside. The FB concept goes way back to before President Lincoln’s time. There was a broadsheet that did basically the same thing.