I hate that I can't respond because I will start a war and will somehow be labeled islamophobic and racist if I disagree with abortions or a cat video. A fool is known by his many words, and the words on Facebook are oh, so many.
One thing I have learned over and over is that people are not on Facebook to have their views changed or to be open-minded. The words posted on Facebook are often ones that would never, ever be spoken in real life. I have learned that because of some of my views, a few friends believe I should be arrested or exiled from the US. That's so nice. Glad we're friends.
I miss the way Facebook used to be photo focused and I hate the slimy soapbox it has become. At least there is still Instagram! So now I am one of "those people" who have left Facebook because they can't take it anymore, and I'm not ashamed of it. My life will be happier when I no longer have to be reminded that my friends think I'm a bigot.
By the way, if you want to leave Facebook without losing all of your pictures, notes, and conversations, but cannot imagine spending hours on end downloading them all individually, the good news is that you don't have to! It's really very easy to get all your info downloaded to your computer. Here are the steps:
1. Go into your Facebook account settings on the web and select "Download a copy of your Facebook data."
2. Wait for the Facebook email with a link to your data, and download the .zip file. (You will want to download the zip right away. Because of security reasons, it will only be available to you for a few days and will then expire, at which point you have to start the process over again.)
3. Unzip the file on your computer, and there you can find all the data. If it's only the photos you want, it's easy to keep that folder and delete everything else.
Onward and upward! :)
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