"Long Post Warning" - My Long Goodbye to Facebook
I will be moving off of Facebook. Not because I'm boycotting a company that clearly doesn't need my support. Not because "oh, they're evil." Not because they restrict conservative speech while promoting violent and hateful speech from the Left. And certainly not because I think my leaving will in some way impact Facebook's bottom line. I'm leaving because Facebook isn't a healthy place to be. The environment is stifling. Many people cannot control their emotions, and sometimes I'm one of them. Mob rule kills a lot of important conversation, and I find myself tuning in just to get that little dopamine hit like a drug addict. The amount of useful, helpful, and uplifting information I get from Facebook is rapidly approaching zero. The general population of Facebook has created an environment where open and honest communication is impossible. I can now see the psychological and emotional toll that this environment has taken on me, and at some point,