This is what I thought when Facebook first came out;

It was going to be like MySpace where most people were expected to remain anonymous like the internet had always been, and only those who actually wanted to be identifiable could reveal as much information as they personally wanted to.

But no, Facebook wanted everybody's personally identifiable information as table stakes, not only those who really wanted to promote themselves or gain personal recognition.

There was no other way to sign up.

I thought people would be too smart for that. But Facebook was "free" to use, and learned a lot from it's first major gamescourge, Zynga.

Naturally I've been waiting for it to stand the test of time, and it does look like it has been a complete failure when it comes to being worthwhile.

Facebook started out with enshittification as a business model but the next major escalation came when people had to have an "account" before they could even browse the site any more.

People who had actually enjoyed it were somewhat pressured to join just so they could continue following those who were promotional. Linkedin did this too and made it no longer worth visiting either. So much for supporting the members who were intended to be promoted.

You can only imagine my shock years ago when I found out Facebook was a billion-dollar company.

Things like this were never even supposed to be worth money.