>Originally, I could see the usefulness of FB with connecting with friends near & far, sharing, planning, honestly I would love social networks that was just t

>Originally, I could see the usefulness of FB with connecting with friends near & far, sharing, planning, honestly I would love social networks that was just that but as it is now i actively avoid most social media outside of small niche communities (certain subreddits that relate to fairly narrow interest fan communities for a couple of authors that sort of thing [i don't fallow any default subs], hacker news, and a couple of small discord servers for open source projects and small podcasts) but everything for talking to friends and family and keeping up on there lives is either been turned into a politically toxic battleground or monetized into unusability.