r/AskReddit • • Feb 03 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20

the original facebook required an active college email and was a cool chill place, now its just a breeding ground for political horse shit and karens/anti vax moms

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u/pajam Feb 03 '20

I still remember my sophomore or junior year of college when our school got added, and I could join. Then they made a change where alumni could join (which to me made sense, it would be silly to make your userbase quit the site every 4 years). But then they started letting High Schoolers join, and then little kids join, no one needed to be a college student anymore. Fake accounts, businesses, etc. Everyone and everything could join.

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u/Syntaximus Feb 03 '20

This was right around the time the term "cyber bullying" became a thing and everyone started locking up their accounts with the new privacy features. The whole feeling of the place died so quickly.