People frequently ask me why I am not on Facebook. Well, maybe not frequently. OK, one person asked me in 2024.
But I am not. One of Facebook’s lucrative revenue raisers, according to Tech Transparency Project, a nonprofit organization that keeps tabs on large technology companies, is deceptive political ads. Some of these are deceptive; others downright fraudulent.
Frauds are social media platforms exceed those using text messages or phone calls. AI is exacerbating the problem.
My answer to this problem is simple: don’t even sign up for Facebook, or META, or any of those time sucks. Except this blog, of course.
A sliver of material for this post was from Steven Lee Myers, “Deceitful Political Ads Infest and Help Enrich Facebook, Analysis Finds,” New York Times, (Oct. 2, 2025), pp. B-1, B4.
I hate Facebook. I think it's shitty software. I'm on there to spread the truth. I repost things that I know are true speak out against things I know know are false.
ReplyDeleteAnd the cat videos. I love the cat videos!
This is a stupid response. People need to always check other sources.
ReplyDeleteIf I sent you a Facebook post that wasn't easy sourced let me know. I strive to do the best I can. But "I hate Facebook. I think it's shitty software." If sent a Substack essay, would they read that?
ReplyDeleteI don't know enough to enter this discussion.
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