As many of you know, we have been frustrated with Facebook for a long time. When we originally launched the Goodsharing Network, our hyper-local, ad-free, feature-rich social media platform, it was largely out of frustration with:
- the ineffectiveness of Facebook as an outreach tool for a volunteer-run grassroots nonprofit unwilling to throw money into advertising
- the time-sucking experience of trying to stay on top of meaningful content amidst the endless clutter on our Facebook feed
- the discomfort we couldn’t shake about Facebook’s constant mining of our personal data.
Here are additional reasons that we have decided to pull the plug on Facebook for good…
Facebook is a threat to our public health, to our civic life and to our democracy
- 12 former Facebook insiders who ditched the company and are now outspoken critics
- Joanna Hoffman, the former right-hand woman of Steve Jobs, says Facebook is ‘peddling in an addictive drug called anger’
- ‘Facebook doesn’t care’: Activists say accounts removed despite Zuckerberg’s free-speech stance
- More than 140 Zuckerberg-funded scientists call on Facebook to rein in Trump
- Human rights activists banned from Facebook say that Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘free speech’ approach to Trump’s posts rings hollow
- Former Facebook VP says social media is destroying society with ‘dopamine-driven feedback loops’
- Many believe Facebook is having a negative impact on society around the world
- Facebook Pitched New Tool Allowing Employers to Suppress Words Like “Unionize” in Workplace Chat Product
- It’s Time to Break up Facebook
- Here’s Why Facebook Is So Powerful
- Why ‘Mark Zuckerberg is the most dangerous person in the world,’ according to this NYU business professor
- If you’re still considering whether or not to get off of Facebook, here’s one good reason you should
But most importantly for us, Facebook is fostering racism and white supremacy
- White Supremacist Groups Are Thriving on Facebook
- White nationalists are openly operating on Facebook. The company won’t act
- White Supremacists Post with Impunity; Opponents Punished by Facebook
- Enough Is Enough. Facebook’s Racism Needs to Stop — Take Action Today
- A Dozen Anonymous Facebook Employees Allege Racism Within Company’s Ranks
- Facebook while black: Users call it getting ‘Zucked,’ say talking about racism is censored as hate speech
- More than 70 employees at Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy say it needs to change how it deals with race
- Civil Rights Groups Push for Facebook Ad Boycott
- Facebook’s Advertising Boycott Is Gaining Steam
- Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race
- How Facebook Works for Trump
- Facebook runs ad from Congressional candidate urging people to shoot “looting hoards”
- Why Facebook thinks hate is good for business
- Facebook had a design to flag Trump’s hate speech . . . in 2016
- Facebook groups are falling apart over Black Lives Matter posts
- Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October
- What’s Facebook’s Deal With Donald Trump?
- Mark Zuckerberg on leaked audio: Trump’s looting and shooting reference “has no history of being read as a dog whistle”
- Facebook fires employee who protested against Trump post inaction
- This Week, Mark Zuckerberg Sided with Donald Trump. History Won’t Forget It.
What we will be doing instead
We’re going all in on Goodsharing.net our free alternative to Facebook.
We believe it gives you better control whether you are an individual or business/organization, without any of the privacy concerns, since we are not selling your data, or manipulating you with algorithms to serve our bottom line.
So when you are ready to make a positive change, we hope you will join us: Goodsharing.net and CharlestonGood.com
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