I did likewise. I’d mostly stopped posting a few years ago and simply commented sometimes on others’ posts. But whereas Facebook used to be fun and a place wher

I did likewise. I’d mostly stopped posting a few years ago and simply commented sometimes on others’ posts. But whereas Facebook used to be fun and a place where one’s friends and family shared about their lives, which had genuine and unique utility, it has become instead a platform where people share links/news. And not a good one. I don’t care about what outrage outlet a high school classmate reads or the hot take of a Boomer relative; Facebook has become a real world paper clip AI, churning out “engagement” by appealing to our baser psychological habits and offering each user little actual value. I still find myself typing “fb” in a browser bar sometimes as I’m surfing and bored, but I don’t miss it; I’m spending more time reading NYT, WaPo, the New Yorker, The Atlantic, and researching topics of my own interest.