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Not Jumping on the “Leaving Facebook” Train, Although…
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In the past I have been put in facebook jail for:1. quoting a fairy tale2. quoting Ebenezer Scrooge (at Christmas time)Some of my links to my blog have been taken down because they were “spam.” Facebook really especially didn’t like my blog post about butterflies. That link was removed more than once.Facebook has restricted me from “liking” posts because I “liked” too many posts, mostly while I was asleep, apparently.Facebook doesn’t remove actual spam and ignores reports.I am still on facebook, however, because I communicate with a lot of people that way.Despite the atrocious moderation!
- Researcher apologizes for Facebook study in emotional manipulation – CBS News
- Facebook Calls Police On BBC After Reporters Flagged Child Porn – CBS San Francisco (and my own experience with this: Ash Wednesday: Observing Lent from a Secular Perspective | Holly Jahangiri – contains a few overlaps and a few additional reasons for needing a temporary OR permanent break from Facebook)
- Facebook forced me to download their anti-malware, and my own antivirus gets knocked out (and my post, with updated URL, that he references here: Well Played, Facebook! | Holly Jahangiri)
I’m Confused by Facebook’s “Fact Checkers” | Holly JahangiriFacebook fooled us into thinking we were being creative
I just signed off from LinkedIn. I’m using Facebook only for my blog for now! Not sure what to do. Whatsapp is a way of life in India and it’s hard to get off.
I know. I don’t have answers. Just a desire to be more intentional about social media use and reevaluate periodically. None of these platforms are perfect or trustworthy over time.
No judgement here!
Couldn’t agree more, Holly.
I’m still on facebook for my blog! I agree, It is important to be mindful and intentional about how we use social media! Not sure how many of us are doing that at the moment, but, I think we do need to reflect upon that and remind ourselves if we really must be on social media at all.
Some food for thought!!
I think most of us are being a bit lazy. We are ENABLERS of the things we criticize about social media. We are the PRODUCT, and I don’t know that the trade-off (our privacy for the aggravations of the platform) are a fair trade, especially in the long run. But there we are.
Facebook and Whatapp are the places I get most of my readers from. I also use my posts to market my courses and in India it works. I don’t post very often though, I mainly consume what other people post in the various groups, so I guess that’s why FB leaves me alone.
I’m glad it’s working for you, Sunita.
Personally, I have no beef with social media and use it primarily for blog promotions, but I also have a group of online friends from a defunct forum that I interact with on Facebook. We’ve known each other for 15 years! In addition, there are several groups I belong to there and plan to continue on. I’m pretty sure you have my contact information from the previous time you did this, but I will find your Facebook post and add it again. Happy Trails!
P..S. I see you’re back on Substack. I haven’t done much there, but did re-subscribe to your newsletter.
Yes, I still have all the info from “the last time I did this” – from the very few people who filled out my form. 🙂 (If you mean that time I said “You MIGHT get snail mail one day, but no promises”?) LOL I still have those postcards. I should send them!
Yes, I restarted Substack. I’m assuming you got my personal email and explanation. I won’t go into it here. Let’s just say that it’s currently the lesser of a number of evils. A lot of people were migrating to Bluesky but those who don’t know how to effectively use Starter Packs, Lists, and Moderation features (which ARE being abused, but mostly are just leading to unintended consequences when others blindly follow and “Block All”) are finding it frustrating to get off the ground.
Well I’m easy to find. As are you, Debbie. I don’t think we’ll lose touch. 🙂
Ah, the social media conundrum is real! I’m pretty tied into Meta platforms at this point, even though I grew up without computers or the internet. I use Facebook only for blogging groups and for 1 group that’s related to a course I’m in. I don’t do anything else there. But What’s App and Instagram — those I do use quite a bit {though my IG usage is dropping a bit. I’m still in two minds about reviving my art account or letting it die a slow death. I don’t really sell anything, but IG was a great way to share my work. That seems to be broken now, though, since IG seems to push larger “creators” and influencers or ads more than regular Joes.}.
Try Bluesky. Carefully curate your feed/connections. It is a THRIVING spot for writers, poets, artists. and musicians.
I left Facebook 3 years ago because of content suppression and other shenanigans, and don’t miss it. I’m still using Instagram and WhatsApp. I’m happy to see you blogging again – I love your posts.
Ahh, but you know me – the day I LEAVE, I’ll have to leave all of Meta, not just Facebook. Until I am prepared to do that, I might as well keep all of them. It’s the company and its “leadership,” not the specific platform/technology that I have issues with. As for the users, they are just people and PEOPLE are everywhere – I think you’ll find the same percentages of “good” and “bad” reflected on social media as exist offline, but some platforms will have better moderation (be it trained moderators, user reporting mechanisms and response, or AI). And you know I’m still convinced that most of the AI oopses are just that – oopses. Not really deliberate offenses so much as an overreaching attempt to do the right thing badly.
Oh, I do get the irony that I still use those apps, believe me. And that other platforms also suppress content – it’s kind of a “pick your poison” situation for now.
One of my friends was just hacked (in this case, an actual hack – not a mere impersonation). She finally managed to open a new account, it got shut down in 48 hours, but she appealed and got it back. Meanwhile, it’s a good reminder to everyone not to rely on someone else’s platform – ESPECIALLY Meta (which is now largely run by AI and bots, apparently) – for your contacts or your business. USE it, sure. But do not leave it as your main point of contact with others who are important to you.
First, I stay on Facebook for the relatives I’m connected to on Dad’s side of the family. I haven’t seen any of them in 18 years, but I’m connected to a lot of them. I’m also connected to a lot of people I went to college with; I don’t see me leaving there any time soon.
I did delete Threads after the short 8-day boycott, which I only took for 6 days. I’m now only one FB and Instagram… Insta because I’ve always loved looking at pictures, and I love those baby and little kids reels. 🙂
For now, I’m good with being on those two platforms, but I’m putting it in the back of my mind that one day I just might leave, and I won’t say goodbye… and probably won’t be missed.
I’d miss you.
If I didn’t have several other ways to contact you.
Slack works wonders, doesn’t it? 😀
For now, yes.
Always have redundant backups.
I use Facebook primarily for blogging, not to keep in touch with friends and family, and I rarely post anything personal on my profile.
The real issue is that we all started using social media without understanding how it would affect us. Looking back, I can confidently say that when I joined Facebook over a decade ago, I never considered how my data would be handled. We weren’t digitally aware, yet we dove in without any limits. It’s as if we unknowingly played right into the hands of the tech giants.
That wasn’t our ignorance. It was an error in trusting the people running the tech. In thinking they wouldn’t change the terms in secret or change things that should legally be opt-in to opt-out.
I got locked out of my old FB account because I forgot my password and they tried various ways to ‘help’ me get back in. But it failed. So I left it at that. Then the year before last, when I decided to participate in the April A to Z blogging challenge, I created a new account and have since been sharing only my blog posts and artwork. Nothing personal. Not even my photos. Also, I don’t want very many ‘friends’ as the few I have can be contacted over the phone. But, you are so right. FB can be a monster. And so can IG. Once, I read a book on, ahem, ‘The Man’ from Germany (I hope you know who I mean?) and I shared the book’s cover pic on IG. They deleted it. Okay, I am not at all his fan, but it was just a book. Don’t people share worse things on IG? Why doesn’t all that trash get deleted?
Anyway, ever since, I have tried to be verrryyy careful what I share on FB and IG.
And, Holly, I thoroughly enjoyed reading your post. VIsiting here after ages!
The problem with that book is possibly because the image I’m guessing was on the cover is legally banned in at LEAST one country that I know of. International companies do have to comply with rules of all the countries they operate in, so while some of us may cry “censorship!” the fact is that they may be required to if they don’t want to be banned in [country]. That is probably just a business decision.
I could post it here. I might have to ban all users from [country] from my blog, but I doubt it – I’m not a business nor am I targeting users in [country] nor am I operating there. They could ban ME, and I’d probably not even notice. 🙂
That said, they should definitely get rid of the scammers and pornbots over there! Pretty sure those aren’t legal anywhere.