Friends, don't use the tools of the enemy.

[erodriguez]

63. So many people on this thread are telling me that I don't know how social media works.

I have a very clear understanding of how these companies make money off of you.

They rely on your engagement. The more you're on the more they make from you.

They learn your likes and dislikes. They learn what keeps you on their platform. They then sell that info to others. They have learned that enraging people is good for engagement. They profit off of lies and hate.

While maybe some of you have carefully curated your experiences to show pictures of your family and friends, there are a large number of people who share hate and unchecked lies.

For those of you who think that you are going to use their systems to fight the power, think again. Trump was elected off lies spread on social media and into the lives of Americans. Your fight to change the system within the system amounted to nothing.