There is an interesting perspective on why facebook is might be a good thing in the long run: it splits the internet. There's an interesting, search based inte

There is an interesting perspective on why facebook is might be a good thing in the long run: it splits the internet. There's an interesting, search based internet, with individual websites, small silos - think artstation -, federated networks, where people put their heart and soul into their content, and into their online homes, for fun. Well, mostly for fun. In contrast, there is the throwaway, walled garden internet, "keep scrolling" internet - aka facebook - for those who don't want to* venture deeper. It is a matter of will. Eventually you'll follow content outside of FB by clicking on something, and it would be completely OK to follow links deeper and deeper. I know data plan issues with whitelisted FB vs non-whitelisted actual internet, but I remember a time when you paid by the minute on an 56k modem. At least something is whitelisted, unlike then.