I have deleted my Facebook account

It has taken me a while, but I have finally deleted my Facebook account.

Lots of you will say “it’s about time” and others will say “oh no! that’s how we stay connected.” Doesn’t matter. You can easily find me on the actual internet.

I’ll tell you why I did it. For a website that knows more about me than I know about myself, today I was served a stream of hate in my feed related to a mass shooting that happened yesterday in British Columbia. I am not going into any more details than that. But it is OBVIOUS to me that the Facebook algorithm chose the material to put in front of me that would enrage rather than inform or connect. It was so hateful that I wasted no time in actually searching for the arcane spells to chant to do it and then I did it. I am no longer on Facebook.

I know all about the kind of place that Facebook is and the kind of violence it enables. I know that they are complexity unaccountable for the hate they spread. I have gradually weaned myself away from it, keeping it mostly to stay connected to local events. But today was the last straw.

So. How’s your day going?