Interesting day.
I quit FB rather abruptly last night. Switched my public posts to friends-only and logged off. I’m not sure what I’ll do with the Berkeley Cat Records page there, or the Uptones page. No rush to decide.
I saw the algorithm at work, and it was Bad. Bad with a B, not Good. Sinister. What kept me there for so long, as with any addiction, is the things I like about it. Mainly, people. But long have we known FB manipulates and experiments with their users in nefarious ways - there’s books and documentaries about it, we had an unqualified orange sociopathic imbecile as president because of it - it’s Bad, this is not news.
What changed? I saw us all as nice innocent rabbits in a lab, being poked at by evil scientists. The rabbits - people on FB, me, my friends, all the users - I generally like. That’s why I don’t want to leave them, it’s nice to have the company FB offers. Nice to be in the lab with all the other sweet rabbits even if it means being experimented on by villains in lab coats. Now that I’ve seen the rabbits, I’m done wit it.
Onward. Will likely post here, more. Tend to my oft neglected Wordpress sites. Do some more Podcats episodes. Pray for the rabbits and try to lead a healthy and positive life.
Happy Caturday!