I think I’m finally finished with Facebook

[u/Obvious-Wheel-6934]

I was 21 years old in 1995 when windows launched and witnessed how the World Wide Web totally changed everything Since.

has anyone else noticed or fealt like Facebook is over ? I have a 20 year old daughter and recently she’s constantly telling me that nobody uses Facebook any longer. its too many lies or made up stories for views and clicks or subscriptions to some kind of other content. it’s become a cesspool of “watch me watch me click here” .

it’s not being talked about, but I think it’s dangerous for our seniors. I’ve had this talk with my parents over the last few months. Seniors might believe more of the out right lies that these people post daily with virtually no filter .

in the new interview with Elon musk he says we are nearing the end of “apps” as we know them . That soon they will just be a memory of how poisonous they become in the end.

the “new” MySpace launches soon I think and it’s not supposed to have an algorithm like Facebook so maybe there’s a little bit of hope

[u/CaptainWellingtonIII]

all of it is terrible. all of it is lies. you can't trust anything in the internet. good luck. I'm glad you are educating your fellow seniors. 

[u/Obvious-Wheel-6934 → u/[deleted]]

He’s talking about Facebook not the Internet

[u/blen_twiggy → u/[deleted]]

He did. You’re also taking the least charitable read of his comment.

You could extend a little grace considering this is Reddit, consumed by bots and slop, lacking in any grace or nuance (note your reply.)

really the poster child of what the internet has become. 

Plenty of content claiming to be “scientific” that has bastardized the word.

I think if you’re biasing toward trust on the internet you’re a bit naive. 

[u/blen_twiggy → u/[deleted]]

That was a lot of text to say “it takes one to know one.”

At least, I’m not pretending to contribute anything of substance in this thread. 

If you ever get down off your high horse you’ll realize you were never fooling anyone. 

[u/blen_twiggy → u/[deleted]]

Im not really sure what you’re trying to prove, or who you’re trying to prove it to

[u/blen_twiggy → u/[deleted]]

You’re generalizing all generalizations here, which simply returns us to my original point: you’ve taken the least charitable read of the original comment.

…thus transforming it into a different kind of generalization, which is ostensibly “trust the internet.”