Want to strike a blow? Dump facebook.

[trof]

"But that's how I keep up with friends and family."
"I can't LIVE without facebook."
blah blah blah

You were fine before facebook and you'll survive when they're gone.
You'll find another way.
TALK.
Text.
Tweet.
Something, anything.
But not facebook.
No longer.
Zuckerberg can creep away to one (or more) of his security guarded shangri-las, count his billions, and he'll be just fine.

Dump it or you're aiding and abetting the loss of at least marginally honest elections. And the destruction of our democracy.
I'm not exaggerating.
This is not hyperbole.

[northoftheborder]

1. Never been a Facebooker. Never will. I always sensed from the beginning that it could become..

..a force for evil, certainly a destroyer of privacy, a waste of time. There are so many other ways to communicate on the internet. It's become an obsession with many. Maybe I'm just blissfully ignorant, but don't care.

[Maven]

2. This. And dump Instagram too.

If you care about democracy more than you care about perusing banal photos of nonevents in other people's lives, delete Facebook and Instagram.

[Vinca]

3. I have an account under a fake name just to access other sites.

There's nothing on it but the fake name. It's frustrating they kind of took over the world and other organizations use them as gate keepers.

[grumpyduck]

4. Never had a need for it or anything similar.

Still don't.

[Skittles]

5. but then, OMG, people might have to put some EFFORT into staying in touch!

it's so *EGREGIOUS*!!!

[we can do it]

11. EXACTLY

[Maven]

13. But Skittles you might have to *talk* to someone

instead of just commenting on their posts to feign connection

[Luciferous]

6. Don't use it, had a fake account and got rid of that a couple years ago.

[UpInArms]

7. Dumped it months ago

Haven’t missed it for 2 seconds

[Claritie Pixie]

8. Never joined. I'm proud of that.

[Skittles]

12. yup

I think very highly of the people who were never sucked in by the FB Borg

[Claritie Pixie]

14. Facebook resisters?

[Skittles]

17. more like Never-FBers

it was clear to me from the start what Facebook would become

[Claritie Pixie]

18. Same. My gut said NOPE.

[malaise]

19. Never joined

and several family members are still annoyed

[Skittles]

20. I don't care who is annoyed

if they want me to see pictures of their vacation they can damn well send them to me - I am NOT going to go looking for them

[fierywoman]

9. Didn't Julian Assange describe it as a Stasi wet dream?

I couldn't sign up for it.

[Rainbow Droid]

10. I dumped Facebook in late 2005, two months after making an account there.

I've never gone back.

[Cousin Dupree]

15. I quit cold turkey 18 months ago. Don't miss it at all. So glad I did.

[dalton99a]

16. Pick up the damn phone.

[trof]

21. I never signed up either.

Miz t. has it on her i-pad.
I'm working on her.

[XRubicon]

22. Deleted FB a year ago and Instagram about a month ago

I googled FB alternatives, probably will sign up on WeMe, still looking around.

[Digger]

23. Count me

as one of the crowd who has never had a Facebook account and never will.