How F*cked Up is Facebook? | Should You Be Afraid?
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- Опубликовано: 21 апр 2021
- Facebook has long been the "cool" social media platform outlasted its peers from the mid-2000's. It was the central hub for a whole generation to meet, plan events, and archive their youths. But somewhere along the way, Facebook turned into a toxic, political wasteland filled with hate speech and disinformation. How did this platform go from an innocuous social networking site to tearing apart the social fabric of society? VICE producer Zeke Spector goes down the rabbit hole to ask if we should be afraid of Facebook.
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Deleting Facebook was the best decision I ever made. I’m now able to spend my time watching RUclips videos about deleting Facebook and telling people it was the best decision I ever made.
😂😂
excellent
no o o o
😂
Me too ! At first I kinda missed some folks with like minds. We almost bragged about how long our suspensions were . Now that I am clean from that mind-field I am living, and loving, a better life !
Parents used to warn kids of spending too much time online. Now they endlessly scroll Facebook and get radicalized by conspiracy posts
Seriously, the tables have turned. I had to sit down and have a talk with my 70 year old mom about how not everything on the internet she sees is factual. She's retired now and is just discovering the internet and social media.
Accurate
You forgot to mention grandparents
It's not just Facebook, on Twitter there is a lot of far left wing agenda and fake accounts to push a view point. It's best to do your own research, read articles from reputable scientists etc rather then listening to BBC news etc
This.
Deleted my Facebook account in 2011, deleted my Instagram account in 2017, and deleted my Twitter account in 2020. All I have is RUclips. Which I use mainly for cooking videos, and home improvement tips. Barely ever leave a response. I feel like I'm reconnected with myself. Like the real me was gone but is now back.
Well, 2011 was actually stil far away from the cancer it would become after 2016 or so. Trust me, you didn't get to experience all the bs from users. Everybody becomes an expert suddenly on such platforms.
Instagram is kinda similar, but still far away from being as cancerous. Twitter, well I never understood the hype behind it. Never used it.
@@Lucarinho oh, trust that IG is also pretty cancerous for all those “activists” spreading biased information to their flock of followers and deleting comments that correct/call them out on their lies and BS. It’s another hive mind like FB but with pretty pictures and virtue signaling
@lazyzieGuy80, it sounds like Pinterest would be perfect for you. It's fantastic for that type of content👍🏽
@@Lucarinho Twitter isn't that bad. It's a lot better because you can customize your feed. FB, WHATSAPP, IG alll are owned by FB and they are all modelled the same. If it wasnt for my groups i would delete that app.
tikok is aweasom yes but I manifested 1M all thanks to @bernardmoore_oficial on Ig, now I’m going after 10M. I hope you all achieve your dreams!
Stopped using this trash over 2 years ago and haven't looked back. So much happier and more productive now.
I think I need to stop using Reddit for the same reasons
I stopped using all social media years ago. Minus the occasional comment here on youtube. Social media is the death of reason, conversation, and empathy.
@@alpachinobarlatino2290 reddit sucks
Same here. Way too much drama to get involved with
Me too. Non stop posts of people eating dinner and videoing every detail of their existence forced me to cut the cord for good. Yes, as for productivity mine has improved 10 fold.
" If you're not paying for the product then you are the product. "
not necessarily since there is still freemium
well said
So I'm a pine apple pen you're saying?
If you are not paying for the product or if its not open source and you're not self hosting it then you are the product
@JONATHAN SUTCLIFFE You are responding to people who are responding to the original post, not yours.
Been 4 yrs without fb and as someone who's only in mid 20s can say that it makes a major difference to your mental health and social life
FB is trash
I'm 1 year clean from FB. Getting my life back. Now youtube is my destructive addiction.... about ready to commit to breaking that one.... not today I guess.
@@theobserver9131 I feel that so much. The amount of videos I watch a day is crazy
Def. Deleted and never looked back.
Been 4 years for me as well and I left for exactly what you implied. It is really depressing.
My best friend called my mother and asked in a grave and sorrowful voice, "Is he dead?". My mother was horrified and asked why she thought I was dead. My friend answered "I cannot find him on Facebook". I had deleted my account.
I remember someone recoiling in horror when I said I wasn’t on Facebook, that was 2014 . I was also called “dodgy” for not being on Facebook, by a female
That's just the normal now!
I'm so glad I got off Facebook in 2020 I couldn't take it anymore it was giving me anxiety.
I get u
Same. all fake and toxic. no wonder fb gave me anxiety and low self esteem
@Jeff Spiccoli,
*Come again? May you please explain as to why Facebook gave you anxiety 🤔 🧐?*
I deleted my social media one day and my coworker was like " dude I thought we were cool? Why did u delete me as a friend?" I'm like I deleted my ACCOUNT! Hes like"are u mad? Did I do something?" He didn't hear anything I said... it shows how selfish and self centered Sm has made ppl smh
My bestie said the same thing. I said my account is just disabled, I didn't block anyone.
Had the same experience
All social media, except RUclips
Yep they always assume its about them somehow smh.
@@girldaddividendinvestor YT is trash too
Once your uncles and aunts joined, it was pretty much a sign to leave FB.
Nah uncle and aunt are cool, sometimes. It was when grandma and grandpa joined.
@@Gatorade69 yeah my grandpa used to share naked girls on his facebook page tons of awkward conversations back when he was alive I kinda miss seeing them In a way cuz the whole family would laugh at them
@@sweetloutstea1688 Haha. My grandma still hasn't figured out how to use Facebook fully which is probably a good thing. If she knew how to post pictures and message people she would never log off.
@@Gatorade69 Yeah Its a good thing maybe shed get pissed off and leave it alone, And ugh thats sad
Ha, not when you're a cool Gmom😊
I disabled my Facebook an year ago mostly because I was no longer using it to connect with friends but I was watching content shared by big pages and I was replying to comments by people whom I would never meet. It became a useless endeavor. Instagram felt even worse. People who are always happy and living vibrant colorful lives. Come on, that can't be true Twitter is full of opinions of anyone who can say whatever they think is right regardless of truth. It was simply bad for my health. Now I have divorced social media, I have more time for me. I no longer am being affected by some nobody's misinformed comment. I am no longer comparing myself with other's lives. I am happy for someone who enjoys social media but it clearly isn't for me
I was skeptical of Facebook from the beginning. I knew no company could survive without selling something. I assumed early that it was selling information about its “customers.” I realized early that those who thought they were customers were actually the commodity. I never signed up.
Even here on RUclips, I purposely search opposing opinions. Anytime I fall into confirming my biases, I can see the algorithm attempting to manipulate me.
The only way to combat the manipulation is to intentionally search away from its recommendations. As a result, I get recommendations that are in no way congruent. I get recommendations from the far left to the far right, and everything in between. It is the only way to get all the available news. I figure if I get Beau of the Fifth Column and Ben Shapiro recommended at the same time, I am one step ahead of the algorithm.
I cannot explain why I sometimes get recommendations for things like ice fishing videos that are ten years old and only have 12 other views.
Idk because you need to chill sometimes not everything is political.
ok
If there not selling something to you..there selling you!
BEAU !!!!
The 5th column was MY fuckin idea and someone took it from my channel. Sucks you can't have anything anymore
I was on Facebook few years ago looking into other people's lives...my son asked me to play and I said no I'm busy...later that night I realized that I was to busy watching other people's lives than my own...I haven't been on it since that night... and my kids couldn't be happier....think about it ppl.
@@lednails song is a reflection of my life, well the first part 🤷
🧠👍
It's just 'ultra-crazy' at the moment because of lock-down. People don't have jobs, which is fine for people who never did (not great, of course, but fine), but it's sending 'busy-busy' types of people completely bananas. Lol.
(I'm finding that I 'over-comment' on YT and FB lately. Like 'oh, why can't I just shut up?') The rule of thumb is still the same though: 'when we find that we're no longer making sense, even to ourselves, it's time to read a book or watch TV instead'! Or spend some time with actual humans, yes. I almost didn't even think of that. Perhaps that's symptomatic of something-or-other. God bless, anyway. :)
@Happy Go Lucky That's a problem these days: the whole 'you agree with me about everything or you're not fully human' attitude - classic authoritarianism, and wrong every time...
Welcome to your actual real life
Got out of it a year ago and couldn’t be happier.
Feeling is same 🙂
I'm going on 9 years and happy as heck
Same
Same, It almost feels liberating.
18 months sober...best thing I did for my mental health!
I've been off for for 2 years and wow I didn't realise how addicted I was to it. I've focused more on my family and my mental health has never been better.
Answers: Very. And: Yes. Hawking said technology without a moral compass would be our undoing.
Facebook is such a toxic place I haven't been on there for 5 years in its that happy 5 years of my life
Unfortunately if you're not on social media people think you're dead or don't reach out to you that's the one thing that aggravates me about all that!
As you’re sitting on RUclips
Couldn’t agree with your comment more! Reach out to me in real life 💯💯💯. I haven’t been on Facebook for 12 years!
@@bridgettejohnson9085 But you’re still sitting here on RUclips are you
Thats the design
@@keithhutchins8803 you are so right. Ima just stand up and stretch my legs out
Jump ship people. Focus on your friends and family in real life. You will be so much better for it.
Indeed 👍🏻
Well said.
Stopped FB 4 years ago.. not missed it one bit.
@@aminoto-3 same, maybe even longer... never regretted it.
I have left FB too
"I get my news from Facebook because every national news doesn't hit anymore" is the most frustrating sentence I've heard in my life.
Lmao
I got blocked on Facebook for 30 days cause they think I was bullying smh. I'm just gonna think about getting rid of it or not wanna get on it anymore it needs to be gone for good I know a lots of people are sick of the same thing I have been go through of being blocked smh.
Facebook was originally just a place to share some photos and your list of favorite movies, tv shows, music etc. Then Zuck turned it into "life invader" as the GTA 5 devs have labeled it
A fellow GTA5 nerd! 😂
True story. Used it mostly to poke girls in the OG days.
After a while it just becomes about the $$$
It was literally like myspace.
Ripped off the idea of myspace mixed in with a bit of "dating site" drama, then it took off into a data hoarding stream for Zucc cause he realised how much money he can make off of our data.
I don't blame him partly. He has provided for his family and kids for generations to come. But he has also destroyed his name in the process by being a shill and by bending over to rich cronie investors. I bet he has been blackmailed by said investors as well. He was just a kid. If you watch his earlier interviews he seemed much more genuine about Facebook.
Everyone knew that he made it to get laid, but nobody cared because everyone WAS using it to get laid, attend parties, gossip a bit et cetera.
It was something new and exciting to be able to connect with all your friends instantly. But little by little hackers and the media started uncovering the underlying layers of Facebook as it kept growing. Uncovering the corruption and the filth.
These rich fucks grabbed him and moulded him into a complete monster obsessed with money and data.But he is an adult, and he knew the consequences to his actions, so all the responsibility lies upon his shoulders. If he wanted to change facebook, and be more privacy friendly, Zucc would have done it years ago. But that's the thing...he DOESNT CARE.
That one mission is so satisfying.
The next time Facebook says it’s too hard for them to remove hate content, remember that they turned off all Australian news at the flick of a switch once.
To be fair, it’s much easier to cut off access by region rather than by nature of content.
@@nottroy4500 It was the “nature of content” that was banned, though. Essentially any page flagged as news was killed, all posts hidden.
Right. They turn off and ban what they want. Dump Facebook come to yorespot
Because Australian government has no idea what a url is and think posting a url is a licensed to get mugged by any passing law firm in Australia. They should have fought that.
Australia's news on Facebook didn't get banned they just have to pay now. idiot you don't read huh?
Got blocked for 7 days and then 30 days for offering tips in a Ghost of Tsushima group! Facebook thought I was inciting violence when all I was doing was offering helpful tips, in a violent video game. Its “AI” and their human moderators are a joke!
Vice did a video where a human moderator from Facebook talks about his traumatic experience with filtering flagged and reported content. They're not trash. They aren't properly trained to deal with the things they witness. They arent psychologists and generally don't have much psychology training, nor do they have access to proper counseling at facebook and Zuckerberg ignores their concerns.
I’m Indonesian and my country is one of the biggest facebook user in the world. Facebook used to be fun and safe around 2010 but today it’s getting toxic due to the freedom of what people can share in it, and scammers in various motives also wander around. For that reason I barely access my account for the last 7ys and I’m feeling great.
Same in Philippines 🤦🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
I quit FB three months ago, quit Twitter last year and honestly I feel better. Now if I can only stop reading comments on youtube.
Lol..same
Same here.
😂🙌🏽
YT is still good because you can remain anonymous and look at what you want. And you’re not friends with your whole town and extended family on here lol
@@tigermotive2378 Exactly. Welcome to the wise.
The effects it’s had on the elderly is astounding.
It literally has devastated the minds of millions middle aged people in the US over the last decade
@@Ggv19128 all ages
@@bigluisjayrogan i'm sure that younger people are significantly lower in percentage
@@kiky.mp4 the younger generation is the most brainwashed. Im guessing you're still a kid
Reverse boomer?
I’m glad I finally made the decision to delete all of my social media about six months ago and haven’t regretted it since. Fear of missing out is a real psychological issue and I encourage folks to look into that issue if you may resonate with it. Much love ✨🤘🏼
I always felt like taking news from Facebook was pretty much like finding it in the street.
“People get their news from Facebook”, we can stop right there.
I have a family member (Trump supporter) who said she only gets her news from Facebook. When she de-activated she said doesn't know where to get news anymore, so she doesn't.
@@ChildrensRightsFirst947 I mean, there is ALWAYS BBC right? It's been the gold standard of getting news across the global for how many decades now???
"People get their news from Zionist bought mainstream media"... that's better?
Until Facebook decided to be fascist and ban all news and emergency fb pages in all of Australia. That's where they drew the line for me. As soon as anyone or a company censors a country.
You know they are becoming a James Bond Villain.
In 1941 Germany called it "Control of information"
In 2021 Facebook and Twitter call it "Fact Checking"
@@cyclonemt Zionist? You sound like a crackpot. Take your meds
Facebook is mostly ppl wanting validation with everything they do in their lives from what type coffee they drink to where they shop etc.
Basically Instagram for old people
It is a playground for narcissists. It is a perfect place for shallow people who want to be perceived any way they want without having to do anything but a few surface level pics and comments
isn't that essentially what all social media platforms have become👀
Totally agree
@Jesse Graves true dat and its sad that most ppl fail to realize that
Facebook hasn’t been cool for years, Instagram took that crown ages ago for the youth but unfortunately it’s now owned by FB
I have a really hard time deleting facebook so what I do instead is just say something absurdly offensive and get myself blocked for 30 days. All my "friends" think I'm an insane person but im way more productive now.
FACEBOOK SHOULD ONLY BE USED AS A REMINDER FOR YOUR'S FRIENDS AND FAMILY'S BIRTHDAYS, SO YOU CAN SEND THEM VIRTUAL BALLOONS AND PRETEND YOU DIDN'T FORGET IT WAS THEIR BIRTHDAY.
Why are you yelling?
Dude chill
Unless you don’t share your birthday
@@mattyb567567 HE WANTS EVERYONE IN THE BACK TO HEAR
Underrated comment. Ive been off facebook for like 6 years (sorry to eveyone I definitely didn't wish happy birthday to) but you nailed its only positive purpose
Ppl storm the capitol but nobody ever storms the server building for facebook.
That’s because there’s dozens of them and data centers are Fort Knox
DDOS! Great idea.
You don’t think they have several remote server farms with multiple contingencies?
They should storm them all
@@rodneycook7720 and where would they organize that? On Facebook?
In general I'm trying to get social media out of my life. I abandoned Twitter and Facebook and now only use RUclips for news and some light entertainment.
Best decision I ever made honestly. Social media is a fucking mind cancer.
Sàme thing.. you're still using internet... Deleting one social media app don't give you the security you think you have just because you deleted it.. as long as your connected to internet you as vulnerable as those who's using the social media app you just deleted... Even the Pentagon which we think is the most secured place in US..Why? Because they are connected to internet... Their system was hacked through internet... If your concern is social media apps and sites prying your private life and info, then it would be better for you to stop using internet at all...Go send your emails through post mails and wait for a month to receive response
Got off Facebook years ago and been happy ever since. I don’t need to put my entire life on a platform that watches everything move I make and every word I say. When ppl wake up and realize this and get off Facebook they’ll live happier lives. You don’t need Facebook no matter how much you think you do.
Don't forget that Facebook owns Instagram and Whattsapp .
Not really it's just as easy to stop using Instagram and although harder many people have stopped using what's app and started using alternatives such as Signal, I find Facebook services a lot easier to avoid than Google services personally, although I did switch from using the Google search engine to ecosia although I think it still runs on open source chromium software
Couldn't buy tik tok made reels , monopoly
They bought WhatsApp so they could create 1) Facebook Messenger 2) get more specific data on their users than simply metadata and likes and 3) try to corner the market on messaging apps. This is what makes them a monopoly.
I deleted all that stuff though after downloading all my photos and info and zeroing my accounts. I use signal nowadays.
Signal?
The problem with Facebook is not the platform, it's the people who post on it. There are thousands of social networks, if Facebook went down another would appear to replace it
Abandoned ship, years ago. I prefer my friends and families wish my birthday because they remember it by themselves, Rather than a site reminding them about it.
# 1st place comment 🏆
I guess like anything it has its good and bad but in my very own personal view facebook has hurt peoples socialization skills. Sure Ive kinda kept up with friends who now live far off but otherwise it serves no real purpose for me. And as you said about birthdays and special events too Id rather celebrate them with people that actually know when it is than strangers who are reminded. Its a nice gesture I suppose but those people arent that close to me in real life.
You still believe your birthday is cause for celebration? I wonder who started this nonsense.
Not gonna lie the only feature I have used in years is birthdays
Ha, I've never been on that crap. I've had enough sense to steer clear from the beginning.
I deleted Facebook a couple years ago. I'm not sure if anyone else went through the process recently but it was actually tricky for me to figure out how to completely delete my account. I had to put in a request to delete and tons of steps with questions. They definitely don't want people to leave.
I did it today, I had to use a guide to do it.
I find it so creepy how Facebook promises to have you account fully deleted in two weeks after you request it but then dwn. Years later I signed up to make a new one, thought I'd reach more people to share art with, it just logged me into the old one. It was so weird. I gave up. Facebook starting in a creepy way rating college girls without permission to even put em on there in the first place (so I learnt). I'm not supprrised it's still moving dodgy.
Nearly everyone I know has abandoned Facebook for other sites so now it's just everyone's mom and grandparents on there.
And that's a bad thing
Leaving Facebook to go to Instagram is staying on Facebook... the only other alternative is Twitter.. and no one only tweets.
@@puddincup9879 I’ve been on Twitter forever and I still don’t get it. It’s like drinking from a fire hose.
@@arothmanmusic Twitter is worse than Facebook. The entire platform is an echochamber.
True
I quit FB 2 1/2 years ago. I don’t miss it even a little bit. If I see a friend using FB, I find myself getting anxiety for some reason. I’m much happier being off. I will never go back.
I quit, came back, but I use it a lot less
Don’t even miss it
Good for you. I started a Facebook page about 10 years ago, and I have done nothing with it in the past five years other than occasionally trying to find lost friends from the past. That’s it.
I find the user interface absolutely horrible and poorly thought out.
And Suckerberg is a creep.
Hackerwestover on ig just help me now 🔥
Remember that quote from Terminator 2 Judgment Day?
"It's in your nature to destroy yourselves" -Arnold
That's why...
yeah a nature that started with Adam and Eve
i never got attracted to the magic of Facebook , its Super Hyped with no real reason. its uses are just the facebook chat that is easy because many people has facebook and can be used for important chatting. and the news feed that gives you some idea about people's random events around you and some pages and groups where you can get some info about a product or service or ask for information.
the problem with facebook and other social media websites is the tendency of people to abuse it by competing who would appear more cool and everyone starts documenting most of their life into diaries and photos on facebook to make oneself appear more appealing and attractive. this is the toxic part about it. its rarely used for deep logical benefecial communication , its more designed for superficial displays.
another big problem with social media is that every body is more hooked online to try to seem cool instead of meeting around and sharing experiences , ideas and common projects in real life.
Facebook is not cool. 31 and never had one. I didnt like the people i went to high school with... why would i wanna be friends with em and show em my life.... forever?!
Exactly. Never had one either
38 and never joined, despite experiencing it during its college only days. I always felt my life was too boring for social media. The way FB is now, far beyond any expectation or fear I would've imagined.
Damn.. I'm 39 (40 on the 18th), and I've never even been on FB (or any other social media platform), let alone had an account.
I seriously thought I was the only one.
Good to know I'm not!
Exactly what I said, we're friends on line see each other no conversation at all. FB is a platform for someone to keep tabs on you
6 years off Facebook now. Can't say I miss it.
Stay clean and sober, don't go back to 🤪
@Đeath Vader It may seem that way for young people who don’t know a world without social media.
But, do you have an instagram?
I understand people giving up Facebook to take up hobbies or focus on family. However I don't understand people quitting Facebook and replacing it with posting on RUclips.
@Mark Green Maybe because on RUclips you don’t really compare your life to the lives of everyone you know.
I just dumped Facebook 2 days ago. OMG I'm getting so much work done around here! My brother-in-law dumped FB last year and said it was the best thing he ever did. I finally did it and I'm not depressed anymore!
Facebook should be closed because all sex traffic goes through Facebook
I left Facebook 3 years ago. Haven’t had any urges to reactivate my account.
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Which means you're thinking of using it again someday so there's no point in deactivating, delete it.
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This is why I stopped using FB and only go on there to see what my family is up to and to steal memes. I don’t use FB more than 5 minutes a week. Maybe even less than 15 minutes a month some months. It’s a weird place where everyone is scared and controlled
Same. I changed all my privacy options and now only go on once or twice a month.
It's almost cult like! I agree.... it's weird. Been off of it since August! The best 8 months of my life!
I've never joined facebook. Don't really know what it is. I heard it's a way for people from the past to keep in touch and find you to keep in touch. Soon as I heard that, made a mental note: never join it because (#1) I am anti social, appreciate and enjoy animals more than humans. (#2) I've moved forward, feel no need to connect with people from my past. (#3) now that I've read all these unhappy comments, my intuition was right in not joining some people infested platform that are fundamentally hateful. Thanks for sharing everybody. For the girl who has a stalker, I would get a lawyer take him to court. Try suing him, if you can get your paws in his pockets, make him pay. Also.. a restraining order, explain to the judge how your being stalked by this person. Hopefully he will grant you restraining order.
@@nancypiccirillo405 I'm proud to say Iv'e never had a FB account. It's BS just like most of main stream media. Now YT has turned to crap, about time to abandon ship.
Seriously! Who the F is on Facebook all the dang time? Boring!
Have been inactive on FB for about 6 months now. I only check in every once in a blue moon.
I think it has been problematic ever since Zuck decided that Facebook should invade everyone’s life like a cancer and snarfle all the personal data it can get. And that was a long time ago. For me, it was 2019/2020 that really sent me over the edge and I liked what I saw less and less. I was just doomscrolling for the past year and a half. Mentally, it did me no good whatsoever. I felt miserable most of the time because everything was doom and gloom and hate and violence, racism, conspiracist crackpots and „Community Standards“ (community standards, my ass...If I call out a racist and bigoted shithead, I get flagged for violating community standards, but if they unabashedly rile others up to commit violent crimes against minorities, it is suddenly „not in violation of the community standards“ and therefore a-ok? Are you fucking kidding me? Oh boy, you people have some serious issues.)
Sure - there were brief light and truly enjoyable moments among my own Fb circle. But for the most part, negativity drowned out everything else. In the end I was just so sick and tired of it all. It put me in a foul mood permanently. At some point it just clicked and my mind went „You know what - I just don’t care anymore. None of this is worth it. Not worth my time and energy. I am just over this. I do not have enough spoons in a day to deal with this. Time to bow out quietly.“
I may have a lot fewer interactions with people now but the ones I have are also ones I really value and appreciate. Problem is, it can be lonely at times and it makes me feel left out which is not so nice. But whenever I log back in to see if I have any messages, it usually takes 10 seconds of feed scrolling tops and I remember why I am not active anymore.
So if anyone asks how fucked up Facebook is, the answer is „yes“. It is pretty much FUBAR if you ask me.
It may have started as a good idea. But then money got involved, people got greedy, and idiots happened. And that was the end of it.
When they started banning me for speaking up for myself that's when I left it alone...
I feel very fortunate that I deleted mine in 2009. Never felt like I was missing out.
The answer to "How F*cked Up is Facebook?" is Yes.
The day Facebook dies is one of the greatest for humanity. People say "Twitter is worse" but Twitter is where facebook was in 2013. There is still time to save it. FB however needs to go.
I dont have a phone i have to use fb for messaging
U could literally watch porn on Twitter
@@goodlewisent7594 i know its rad
@@TheSword2212 There’s tons of free phones out here.
@@darriuss4574 not phone numbers
Good video and thank you for making it. I learned about a few things I didn't know. Overall I actually love Facebook, but there are things I hate about it, like being banned for innocuous comments or jokes by what I call their brain-dead algorithms. Their AI needs a lot of work. Especially if someone is commenting in a closed group among like minded people who are making similar comments.
The worst things about FB to me clearly was the Russian trolls and bots, and other nefarious actors. FB was way to slow in clamping down on that. But then I've been banned for innocuous statements. When replying to a thread from the Bill Maher fan page, Bill had done a segment about the people who scammed money from the government for pandemic subsidies to keep people from going broke. Yet many people scammed the government for money they didn't need and did not qualify for. I made the simple comment about them calling them "Dishonest Americans". OMG I got banned for 12 days just for those 2 words which were not only entirely appropriate but really putting the situation rather mildly. Another time I referred to a raucous trump boat rally as "Ugly Americans" - BAM you violated community standards and are banned for 6 days. Again a comment which used a literary reference to the book and movie which starred Marlon Brando of all things.
So I learned the algorithm is looking for any negative term followed directly by the word "American". To me that's a very lame and inexcusable implementation of technology. It's like they have someone in 8th grade writing the filter rules. That was my first ban, the other one came after and why it was longer. Then they threaten you will much longer bans. I use FB for a lot of positive interactions and to get banned from it in today's world would be akin to having your phone shut off back in the old days. It really is a disturbance to my ability to communicate and connect with people I know and love and care about!
After the Capitol riots, I stopped using Facebook almost completely. I only went to it once to say thank you to the people who wished me a happy birthday. I don't miss it at all.
Remember those old days when FB was about sharing old reflex photography with family and friends.
Yup, Facebook was once a lovely place. Now, it's rubbish.
I downloaded all my pics off FB and deleted my account about a month ago...my mental health has now never been better!
FB is a toxic quagmire!
I basically only use facebook to keep touch with close friends and family. I enjoy it. But know many who are on it way too much.
@@GastonsGuitarCovers Like anything else..moderation and proper use is key!
How does one go on some "social media" app n let it affect their mental health? Sounds pretty dumb to me, just stop going on it. Congratulations on being logical, way to "quit" FB. Had to be tough not logging in😂😂
@@joshlewis575 social media has actually been proven to be addictive, same as drugs and as for it affecting mental health, the constant bombardment of negativity that is all over FB can take its toll on one`s outlook on life..
So get back in your box Josh...
Facebook leads to anger,crime, suicide etc...
I can honestly say I’ve never had a FB, Snapchat or Twitter account. Nor will I ever.
Deleting this app form my phone and my life was the best decision I've ever made two years in and I have not regretted it I prefer to concentrate on my immediate reality then the fake stereotypes that this app pushes!
My account got banned for 30 days for the most stupid thing, and I just decided to permanently close my account. I'm fb free for 2 months now.
its now over 4 months for me and the best decision I have made for a while. Facebook is toxic and most do not realise it. congrats on being away from the toxic crap for 2 months so far
the social dilemma on Netflix is a good insight into how Facebook can take over ur kids futures. no FB for our family.
Dabke Warrior TikTok is your biggest problem now. Nobody in their twenties and below are on fb now.
@@chanelfitzgerald ikr
Teen here. No one, especially “kids” under the age of ~21 (kids born in the 2000s), has a Facebook or has ever been on there. The apps that we use the most is [obviously] tiktok, Instagram, Twitter (kinda), and I guess I could include RUclips as well
@@truefalse934 thousands of kids across Australia have a FB acc. yes all social media is fucked they all the same.
@@truefalse934 and I love how U use the word obviously love the suttle disrespect 😉
Deleting Facebook is the best thing you can do to clean the internet
Old friends keep asking me whats wrong with me? Why am I not on facebook anymore? Like its completely unreasonable that im just living my life instead of documenting my life for other peoples approval. I DONT CARE HOW GOOD UR SMOOTHIE BOWL LOOKS...
Facebook is the most toxic place ever! I left 7 yrs back and shortly after I shared my experience with my sis she did the same. We both are much happier now. Got our privacy and normal lives back. No need to be in touch with unwanted people especially some relatives😂😂
Couldn’t agree w you more !
Ha! You should see Twitter
Got your privacy back?lmao i bet you still use the internet. So wheres your privacy in that?
@@nofear2792 What's your problem? Don't you have anything better to do in life other than getting into someone's good comment and bullying them. I do have my privacy and I don't think I'm answerable to a creep like you! Get lost go back to your hole kid.
@@M.A.T.T.A.L.I.A.N.O 😂😂Twitter is a black hole my friend I'm afraid I'll forget who I am. Now a days paps get their scoops from Twitter 😂. It's a world full of narcissists.
I deactivated my FB account 11 years ago and my life is much much much better now.. it is life changing.
I started it as a social media detox it's been more than a year without Facebook Instagram and it's been the best decision ever. My mental health improved an I feel better all the time.
I have been out of Facebook for two years now, and it was - it still is; it will be remained - the best decision I ever made.
What happened is every one moved over to Instagram which Facebook owns.
Find another social network
They bought it up becouse of that:(
& I'm Pissed they bought it, it's trash now!
I have posted my foto as profile picture on insta and that's my only post there for seven years.
Although, people tried to hack me.
@@livingdivinity6275 probably because you are a troll like you are doing all over this video.
I've been Facebook free for 7 years and I can't believe people still use that dinosaur?
Nobody cares what you do
Yet here you are on RUclips
@@keithhutchins8803 you care well enough, thanks 😙
@@kungfumind. You are very wrong I don’t care at all I just wanted to point out that you’re still on RUclips complaining about Facebook and you don’t even realize how stupid that sounds
@@keithhutchins8803 So what you're saying is...Facebook and RUclips are the same. Got it...
I woulda laughed so fuckimg hard if someone opens a window n said “yuuupppp” 🤣🤣🤣
After just watching news sent to months of therapy I now filter everything I watch.. Always alert and monitor my emotions closely. I don't play no more esp with social media...News will always get to me anyway.. Traditional word of mouth still works if 'updates' are the excuse 😀
Facebook died when everyone 40+ started using it 😂
Middle Finger
*normies
The most ironic part is that they told us “put your phone down, live in the real world, don’t believe everything you see on the internet, don’t you know what you write on the internet is in ink and stays forever?” While they spread disinformation, are more addicted to their phones than younger generations, believe everything they read on the internet that agrees with their opinions, and are ruining their entire decades long careers by spreading hate online. The irony is undeniable 😂
I remember when it started and they only let college kids on. They had fliers at my college for it.
Good 😆
2004: TheFacebook is just a fad. It'll die out soon.
2021: All your data are belong to us!
And all your base are now data centers
And whoever we sell it to
I've never had any social media accounts, I never got the appeal and was never interested in trying them out. I will sometimes make comments on here, but don't really consider it the same even though it's somewhat similar. I'm actually glad that I never got sucked into having a window into everyone's lives. I am fascinated hearing people's stories about how their lives changed when they got rid of them.
Gave up Facebook ten years ago. BEST decision ever to shut down entirely from that rancid cesspool.
I deleted my facebook about 2 months after I first created it. I remember thinking to myself “this seems like a waste of time”. That was over 10 years ago and not once have I ever felt like I was missing out on something.
Social media is the cigarettes of our generation in terms of how quickly and universally it is accepted/encouraged.
It’s a good way to share pics with elderly family members... that’s about it.
Pretty much all I use it for. To keep in touch with relatives in some way lol
All that comes up on my Facebook is pictures of my friends and family and memes. They told us a long time ago how these algorithms work. I don’t like anything, share anything political. If it comes up on my feed I click stop seeing this ad/article. The prompt asks you why, and I say I don’t like it or it’s not relevant to me. Doesn’t come back. Never had this problem. People are stupid victims of their own vanity and ego.
Also great way to turn elderly family members into domestic terrorists....
@@matthewsmith5374 politics are always personal, but that doesnt mean that its vanity driven. Some people are passionate about issues and naive to the consequences. Even if you do as you say, you can still have a conversation with your mom while your phone is in your pocket and an hour later that subject matter will be in your feed some how. In a google ad, in a RUclips video, etc... So at what point are people not to blame for.the pervasive nature of social media apps?
@@richardtaylor6341 I’ve clicked stop seeing this on everything for so long they just no longer appear now. Try it, it worked for me! You can’t get blood from a stone. Sell it to some other sucker I ain’t buying it. By vanity, I guess I mean people see stuff on their feed and they just blindly without thinking click, like, react, comment, SHARE...that’s the worst one, and don’t think about how it’s not actually about them, the feelings that the user is experiencing about the offending content, political or otherwise is manufactured to make you feel those very feelings. We’re being manipulated. It’s just advertising. All of it. I don’t want to be a victim of the algorithm.
5 years without Facebook and 1 year without instagram- and my life is much better!
I hate all tech now. It used to be easy and cool. Now it sucks.
I tell people I’ve been “SOBER” from FB & Instagram going on 4 years now.
Only thing I miss is the birthday reminders!
My god, my condolences
I ditched social media 2 years ago. My mental health improved substantially.
Facts bro
My addiction isn't Facebook, it's RUclips 😭
This is such a great and informative video discussing an interesting topic
5 years now off FB, I never go back. Only you tube for me
Amen to that
Wow you're so brave.
@@chicagobullsfan03 yup
Try it sometime
RUclips owned by ....
@@user-rr7bv6my4e google
Not fb
Facebook gave me a 24 hour suspension because I shared a 60 minutes Australia video. Lol
Yeah man Australia 🇦🇺 is way too wild and crazy 🤪 for Facebook 🦘🦘🦘🦘
My account was banned for 30 days because I shared a NEWS ARTICLE about a famous child actor in our country in a PRIVATE MESSAGE. Goes to show that they're watching everything you're talking about in messenger.
That’s ridiculous!
JEWbook gave me a 24 hour suspension because I shared a boxing stream match 😂
Not that I'm defending Facebook, but I'm curious to know what that Australia video is about.
I haven't been on Facebook in 2 years and it has worked out just fine hahaha my wife on the other hand is habitually looking at TikTok though and that seems like complete trash. I feel like my disconnection from Facebook has helped me avoid future social media.
You can't search for cannabis groups anymore. The groups exist still, but the search results come up with nothing.
I quit Facebook a couple days ago after I got banned for calling someone a pancake while I've literally reported people who have racial slurs in their name and they're clearly racist caricatur profile pictures.
Pancake positive people have feelings too
pancake lmao
Jpel lmao 😂 I love me some pancakes 😂 🥞
I stopped using Facebook 2 years ago and I don’t miss it. It just consumed a lot of time... I much rather spend that time on Instagram or RUclips 👀😂
Instagram is an extension of Facebook. Instagram uses the same Facebook governing policies FYI.
Same. Facebook is completely devoid of entertainment or informative content, they're all just brain fillers. Switching to RUclips as my time waster is one of the best decisions I've made over the past decade.
Haven't used it in 9 years. It's really not helpful at all.
Don’t spend any time on social media, go build your dreams!
@J Exactly. And you don't have to worry about exposing your habits and opinions to your friends and family in the comment sections.
the fun youth from 2008 grew up, now they're 35 and grown up and still on facebook. That's what happened. Now they aren't concerned about where to hang out, who to hang out with. They're concerned about who other people are voting for and why they're wrong.
Is it ironic to anyone else that this video is talking about censorship, and monopolies, while being played on RUclips?
RUclips gave itself a freedom of expression award and played that on RUclips.
I've gotta say. Vice has been putting together some better stuff as of late.
i know thank god. I couldn’t with the insane hardcore leftist bs that literally only a small amount of population could even relate too
@@Hartleymolly word
Hartleymolly That was only around the election
I'm Arabic and really surprised you noticed this just now. We have been fed misinformation and terror sympathy calls for a decade now and no matter how much we try to report it, it still gets in our feed.
that misinformation is called "The Quran" my friend.......(not just Islam....but ALL religion is misinformation)
@@ltippers7029 I'm not going to waste time arguing with you, but I will tell you this, these people (terrorists) only use religion as a tool to have political gains. They don't care about the Quran or any religion for that matter, they just want power.
@@randomh9191 Staying classy my friend ;)
Hackerwestover on ig just help me now 🔥
@@ltippers7029 You do realise it's not cool to just blatantly insult someone's religion. This is the sort of behaviour that extremists use to gain sympathy in the first place.
I've seen several commercials about politicians over the years, and sometimes they've inspired me not to vote for somebody. How that is NOT considered "election interference" is beyond me...
We need to stop blaming the content and the users, the problem is Facebook itself. Explain to me why I log into Facebook and becoming someone else completely, acting in ways that are not common in my personality. I feel hate, livid even and I was completely fooled into believe politics that were not real! Once I left Facebook the mood swings gone, the truth was finally seen by me and I instantly changed my political views and my vote. Facebook needs to pay for what it has done to people. I go to WeMe now and even post that I don't agree with and I don't feel angry, I am able to bypass the post and move on without feelings.
Facebook is where scams start. Somebody you don’t know tags you on a photo or link to a website that can steal your information, etc...
All the messages I get on messenger are from idiots I know who gave their login info to a scammer.
@@ThePsychoRenegade same here old people who don't know not to click a link
And your families and friends...
My dad recently got on Facebook. When I went to visit him he left his facebook open.
I went into all the settings and made everything private. Also took the chance to block certain family members he compares his kids too.
Facebook is TOXIC!!
Lol
Why did you block anyone without his permission? That's fucked up yo! The privacy settings thing was a compassionate move, but then you shat all ove yourself.
@@elias_xp95 Because he was comparing his kids to them? If they're blocked, it makes it harder for him to keep up with and compare them.
But why block what is he secretly just loves his family and thatd only way he sees them...
@@elias_xp95 , they all text often so it’s all good.
I love how Mac de Marco finally followed his dream of working for VICE. Congrats dude!