It's a long time since I used Facebook on a regular basis, but Instagram is a weak spot where I have had to set the phone to give me just 10 minutes per day, then shut it off. Now I can go days without opening the app, and I usually manage to exit before the time is up.

I can highly recommend the book "Carless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams if you want to know just how bad it really is/was. Just remember that this is just one side of the story. Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg (no longer at Meta) probably have a different story.

I finally got around to reading "Careless People" by Sarah Wynn-Williams. Not surprised at all by this headline. I quit Facebook and Instagram several years ago but was motivated to finally quit WhatsApp after reading that book. Can't support this morally-bankrupt company.

Nothing matters when money is on the line.

I only use facebook in like once a month and have 50 friends there from school time. But every-time I log-in, the facebook feed recommends me the most outrageous and triggering posts from total strangers, I don't follow them or my friends don't follow them either.

But facebook is like, you know what, I think you should read this scummy post.

Absolute trash place.

How is this news? We knew that already, are we supposed to be shocked and horrified?

1787086800 | Meta whistleblower accuses Zuckerberg of misleading public on child safety | https://www.gulf-times.com/article/731431/international/usla...

1787132246 | Meta Under Fire After Whistleblower Claims 100 Times More Teens Saw Graphic Content Than Company Reported | https://www.inkl.com/news/meta-under-fire-after-whistleblowe...

1787158963 | Meta whistleblower accuses Zuckerberg of misleading public on child safety | https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1412833-meta-whistleblower...

1787163075 | Whistleblower tells US court Meta knew its platforms could harm children | https://www.trtworld.com/article/45c9a71b2088

1787172180 | Meta's first witness told a jury the problem was Mark Zuckerberg's culture | https://nypost.com/2026/08/19/business/mark-zuckerbergs-meta...

1787194534 | Meta whistleblower says Zuckerberg lied on child safety | https://www.business-standard.com/amp/technology/tech-news/i...

1787198111 | 'You cannot trust Mark Zuckerberg with kids': Ex-Meta employee says CEO put growth before child safety | https://www.storyboard18.com/digital/you-cannot-trust-mark-z...

1787212391 | Meta's first witness told a jury the problem was Mark Zuckerberg's culture | https://thenextweb.com/news/meta-trial-bejar-testimony-oakla...

1787244420 | Whistleblower says Meta 'knowingly ignored' harm to children on its platforms: report | https://bdnews24.com/tech/ad78e5b3fcfe

What? But that's impossible! Who would have thought?

At some point Zuckerberg should spend some time in a jail cell. Fines aren't moving the needle.

Stanford used to have a "persuasion technology" ("Facebook") class for deliberately maximizing trustworthiness and manipulating users. Interaction and style design are like nonverbal behavior: it's never "apolitical" or "unbiased", unavoidably omnipresent, and has real-world consequences, especially at scale.

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/technology/08class.html

( https://archive.is/WXgXt )

They grow on people misery, fuck em.

My hot take is Zuckerberg should be trialed for crimes against humanity.