RE: the various opinions about FB...

[Tommy Carcetti]

26. As I pointed out yesterday, I use Facebook for mostly non-political reasons.

I use DU to vent about politics. I also use Twitter--whose format I absolutely loath--for that same reason, but it's unfortunately ubiquitous and allows me to comment on various stories easily.

I don't use my own name for either of those websites. (No, I'm not actually the beleaguered Mayor of Baltimore from The Wire. Sorry to disappoint.)

However, I use my actual name for Facebook. I only have actual friends and family on my list, and I keep almost all of my posts private. I typically post about family, sports, television, movies and other frivolous bullshit. Only occasionally do I ever wade into news and politics (and that was more often the case during the Trump years only when he did something truly outrageous) because I really don't feel like annoying my apolitical friends by filling up their feed with that stuff. Sometimes I'll engage in debates on other friends' political posts but I usually stay away from it on my own posts.

Facebook as a corporation is apolitical and amoral--I firmly believe they are all about the money over any sort of ideology. I don't like that but accept that unfortunate fact and I still enjoy communicating with people over it nonetheless.