[Boudica]

I've certainly never been a moderator of anything, let alone Facebook administration, but the whole reason I left social media sites altogether was because I wanted to get away from those things. It was emotionally draining and psychologically disturbing, and yet it was basically my only way of staying in touch with a few people I cared about, but eventually, enough was enough, and I got sick of his addicted I was to it, actively looking for things to rile me up in the same way news corporations seek to. I feel a lot more stable and grounded now, and I'm putting more energy into my own life.

Wow, I'm glad to hear you've had such a positive experience coming away from it. I've somewhat forced social media algorithms to feed me nothing but art and cat gifs. The odd moments when I venture onto it, it's usually nothing but adorable or pretty things. Any drama or controversy immediately makes me switch off. I won't live long enough to justify the emotion and investment that people put into those things. So, it's so good to hear you stepped away from it all! Now, if only I could get my older relatives to do the same.. xD

I feel like Facebook, despite being marketed as bringing community together and socialization etc, is a huge detriment to all of it by design.

I don't feel like it was the case 10-15 years ago, but it is definitely the case nowadays. I'm aware twitter has been studying potential detrimental effects of their algorithms, so I'm looking forward to see what they say when they finish the study.