I noticed there are a lot of people in the comments telling me to delete Facebook, but I am an organizer and I live in a tiny rural town. Rural organizing happens on Facebook because that’s where the folks are.
As a community organizer you can help change that. Direct folks to websites or exchanges that don’t involve Facebook. Sure it might be troublesome but I personally am abandoning Facebook wherever possible. I might check it once per week but will go back to email, Craigslist and real job boards
I’m also rural so I get it. I had to leave because of the endless spam of not dressed young women. I miss my alerts, grapevine and weather. It’s hard to find other sources with no newspaper or local radio.
One of the progressive groups I'm in also got a discord, but its like 12 people and totally dead. I want to not be on fb so badly but until everyone is willing to migrate (and some people only see grandkids photos through fb) i just dont see a way to do it.
I finally broke away from FB only to return 6 months later. I missed the connection with a few friends who are only there. Blue sky is a great alternative to Twitter... Now we need a good alternative to Facebook
An officer with a line item excuse checked off can have your FB profile and message history / Friends lists / Likes etc as a PDF in about an hour. In this DOJ environment the checked box used changes but nothing else is new.
Bob Woodward years ago said Americans are trapped in “silos of isolation.” I agree with you, Jess. If you want to reach all people, you have to meet them where they’re at. I got off FB years ago, then recently dropped WhatsApp and Instagram. But I’m not doing the work you are doing.
No reason why they can’t move to Bluesky. You support “X” and or Facebook you support Trump sycophants. Your presence on their social media platforms support them. I’m not judging, I’m just stating the obvious.
Do you think holding town halls is better? I live in Oregon and the red parts of our state are absolutely eating up the Hannity talking points and it’s maddening!
I agree - I live in one of the smallest counties in N Florida and I post yours,, Heather’s, Robert Reich and others just hoping someone may read it and have an AHA moment.
To be clear I’m talking about the plans to break all of the US territories into fiefdoms, each controlled by separate Oligarchs. Zuck has probably been promised that he’ll be well compensated when the ‘secret phase’ of P’25 is implemented.
I don’t use Facebook but my friends in rural areas still use it a lot - so we need to fight against the tech shenanigans on all public platforms. We don’t obey in advance.
Just a thought, perhaps if you send a note everyone you know on FB telling them that going forward, you and all the info you have to share can be found on bluesky & you can invite them to join.
If you warn them about disappearing info on FB and because you believe it to be a toxic environment.
I’d love @bluesky to do a FB alternative. I have been in rambunctious debates & noticed comments disappear. I’ve been accused of deleting them & have had my own- on my own page, go away.
I hate the throttling & AI, pushing people I don’t know on me.
Holy cow. “But of course they are.” 🤦🏻♀️
I hadn’t noticed bc I self deported from FB on 1/20/25, and since I subscribe to her Substack I haven’t missed a day. I also, like @piperformissouri.bsky.social, encourage everyone to subscribe & support @hcrichardson.bsky.social . You’ll learn something, too!
WTH? Heather Cox Richardson is a gem in the political analysis area. She knows governmental functions and procedures.
Stand Up against FB Censors. Go on Bluesky.
I think she's mistaken. I follow Heather. I literally am seeing all her daily posts going back to at least March 1 right now (I quite scrolling after that)
It’s trickery. It might be that you’re seeing them but they also aren’t on her page for others. I got a fake 404 message on a post I put up, even though the link was good. I was banned from commenting on one Facebook reel (not HCR ) but allowed to comment on another posted by the same profile.
Get off facebook?
Zuck was standing shoulder to shoulder with Trump and paid to Trump's inurguration.... he is helping to fund fascism. He also appears to be using his platforms to collaborate with fascism.
Ditch Facebook and Amazon, if you can.
Wow true! I can see yesterday's, and other people posting that her posts are getting deleted. Keep scrolling and there is no chronological order. It goes to May 2019 then to a few hours ago, then 2021 then a few hours ago. Bizarre!
I think she's mistaken. I follow Heather too. I literally am seeing all her daily posts going back to at least March 1 right now (I quite scrolling after that)
As of last evening the last letter I can see on FB is from March 25. Also, two of her posts disappeared right before my eyes around suppertime. Each post was there at the top of my feed when I opened FB, then each one literally flickered and disappeared.
They were all there this morning, including the one where she said they were disappearing. Now that one is gone as well as all going back to last Tuesday.
I joined yesterday for that reason. But I’m still hoping she can figure out away around that and keep her post circulating on fb. I intend to copy and paste so that my friends who read her post still can . I know a few of my republicans started following her and this is what they are afraid of
Facebook is an absolute shit show of bot farms, right-wing AI slop videos and the evergreen immersive ugliness that is an indelible part of the Meta brand
We should all be deleting ALL meta. I deleted them when he announced that there would be no fact checking. The important people on my friends list have my number. Fuck Zuck.
That is one of tge multitudinous reasons I left Facebook months ago because of crap like this and all the misinformation flowing throughout. Also because the owner is a creepy fascist.
Is there a way to take the letters and post them personally on FB? Or if they actually get through, repost on your own page. Anything to "stick it" to the censors.
FB, Meta, Instagram and others are in the bag for the convicted felon. They are owned by oligarchs. It is in their best interest to quash dissent. The "free press" is OWNED by the oligarchs trying to control us.
I get her newsletter in my email. I save them all. Seems like a pretty record to keep for future reference. Which, of course, presupposes a future, but still
I don’t know if it’s just a coincidence but I’ve searched a few political articles that use to be available and now I get a message that it’s been removed.
Now I only can see her daily news letters of 3/26/2025 (Wed) or older on her Facebook wall. Strange thing is her yesterday post popped as notification on my Facebook, but I cannot find it on her Facebook wall.
I got Facebook out of my life five years ago. I've never missed it, and you won't either. Boycotting Tesla is great, but you've got to boycott more than Tesla if you're going to make a real change.
Anybody still fucking around with FB or X is silly and/or mistaken. Zuckerburg, Bezos, and Musk are all playing to their class: stupid, bad billionaires who have forgotten what real life is like, if they ever knew. https://trueman-triola.stories.email/
I still have FB, but I only use it to post information that people should know. Protests, court cases, anything anti-fascist. I don’t even check the comments. I’m waiting for them to kick me off. 🤷♀️
I left it years ago when it seemed like the only people I knew who were on it were showing pictures of their dinners and purses. Now, it's my anti-Zuckerberg stance that it's shit, but FWIW, sounds like your use is good.
It's why I am here, today my Facebook account is officially deleted. I miss my friends, I wish they would come here and get off that tRump propaganda site, cause that's all it is now. Zuckerberg sold his soul to the devil and his minions!
Some people can/can't see the latest two posts she made. And it's inconstant. For example, I watched her speak today for over an hour on FB, but the only place that post was available was in my feed. It's still not posted on her page, although things from past days are still up. Seems glitchy.
I love Heather. I learn so much from her. She brings us indisputable fact based historical information that manages to connect the dots to current day affairs. I live in rural Texas. A town without a local paper. I get your point Jess about FB and connecting with those who use it. It still sucks!
What!? I thought facebook was going more or less hands off on content moderation because "free speech". What's "free speech" about this? This is ridiculous. Zuck should be ashamed.
FB put me in jail for a month, accusing me of something I did not do. This was after me posting a lot of anti orange felon stuff. Glad I get HCR emails daily. Will not post on FB again.
It’s the greatest. The smartest, most concise, historically contextualized daily brief out there. If you’re avoiding the usual outlets and headlines, you’ll learn all you need to know.
Meta converts mental health into profits. It’s a horrible company.
You don’t need Zuckerberg to stay in touch with the folks that matter. Your friends will still answer the phone when you call them. And the rest? Maybe quality is better than quantity.
I just finished the book "Careless People." In a way, I was stunned, but not surprised by what I learned. I didn't understand the depth of connection between the Trump campaign & Facebook when I left the platform. This book provides details. We should all be alarmed by what it reveals, IMO.
I’ll add this: I was in a group and posted about the importance of writing to your senator/representative about pushing back on the SAVE act - when it started gaining traction my ability to comment/like or interact with my OWN post was terminated. Looks like censorship is in full swing.
@piperformissouri.bsky.social In case you weren't aware, @hcrichardson.bsky.social has begun streaming from YouTube and simulcasting on Facebook. You no longer have to be on FB to catch her streaming live. She's live right now...
Facebook is the big nightclub nobody really likes but they keep going because it's where everyone else is.
But at some point, if the owners rifling through your pockets in the coat room, the bouncer grabbing your ass, and the pee in the drinks won't get you to find a new hangout, I dunno what will
Not surprising at all. The new book “Careless People” documents the rise and corruption of FB and Zuckerberg. Meta is a corrupt and corrupting company.
Basically any post that isn’t a meme on FB and could be considered anti Trump - those posts are hidden from me for at least 4 days. I’ve been telling everyone.
I belong to several Dem groups. They seldom show up. It’s mostly ads and recommendations for groups I don’t want. I have to physically search for my friends to see their posts. It’s really deplorable but they are my friends and family- all Dems but a couple. I purged my radical Republicans long ago
I don't follow her on fb. Just went to her page, couldn't see the 2 most recent posts of hers there, but I can see them if I do a fb search for her name. I scrolled a few posts down and saw them. Just took this screenshot.
I stay on FB for exactly 2 reasons: because my 79-year old mother uses it and because living in Texas, so many friends and neighbors are “cultural” republicans. If I post on FB, some of them engage with me and we can actually discuss issues in a constructive manner. That is still important.
Yep! That's where my posts are getting seen and read by white, middle-class Gen X. If I can make even one person question, make one person learn, make one person think it's worth it.
Just another reason why everyone should be dumping all META platforms, just like Canadians have done en masse as we eliminate everything American from our lives.
Why anyone in your country would still use their dollars or time to prop up a defunct organization that supports Trump is beyond me.
I logged into facebook yesterday to see a strange notification: FB telling me it decided to keep HCR's post up. It said I had reported her. I did not. Reporting is not something you do by accident. It's a process, with questions. (Nor was I "hacked.") Am I the only one who got this notification?
Maybe some internal hijacking. I felt awful when I saw that notification, thinking I had done it by mistake. But that's impossible -- there are steps. The timestamp on my supposed report is the same time as their response/verdict -- simultaneous. Yes, very sketchy.
Read her post this morning. Checked this afternoon when I heard about this, and I can no longer see it. 🤬 Guess I’ll be starting my day on Substack from now on.
get off FB!! how much ll evidence do people need that FB has ALWAYS been a bad actor?? It’s crazy to me how Americans have zero ability to handle the slightest inconvenience or sacrifice. Stop supporting Zuckerberg!
Listen to Richardson’s daily podcast. her words, her voice. also substack
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Delete Facebook. Got to kill the beast
I try to just lurk
Educate them on the horrors of Facebook and guide them away. Just like X- why are people still using it?
Lots of older folks are on there and Facebook is a lot of what they know of “the internet”
OTOH it nets Nazi accounts too.
We live in dark days.
The deal is probably that he gets most of Hawaii in return for cooperating or something similar.
If you warn them about disappearing info on FB and because you believe it to be a toxic environment.
Too much utility to give it up
How did humanity survive without it?
I hate the throttling & AI, pushing people I don’t know on me.
I hadn’t noticed bc I self deported from FB on 1/20/25, and since I subscribe to her Substack I haven’t missed a day. I also, like @piperformissouri.bsky.social, encourage everyone to subscribe & support @hcrichardson.bsky.social . You’ll learn something, too!
Get off X and all Meta platforms. Subscribe to HCR letters, share them with friends and family.
Stand Up against FB Censors. Go on Bluesky.
Zuck was standing shoulder to shoulder with Trump and paid to Trump's inurguration.... he is helping to fund fascism. He also appears to be using his platforms to collaborate with fascism.
Ditch Facebook and Amazon, if you can.
https://bsky.app/profile/onestpress.bsky.social/post/3llr5oa5eik2z
Wish everyone would abandon FB let it sink into a muddy hole.
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https://substack.com/@heathercoxrichardson/note/p-160376602?r=lib19
Rhetorical question.
Ditch them all and cost them the $$$ they love so much.
https://www.youtube.com/live/fUR3qFTVK2k?si=0stbc5IrEsvsOY6C
Still using Facebook??
Get off
stay off
Ppl will soon find their posts disappearing off threads as well
and the rating
system he Rode in on.
HCR
ROX.
My Facebook account was over 15 years old. I had thousands of friends and followers.
A few months ago I not only deactivated it, I deleted it. Dust in the wind. Haven't looked back. Then I deleted my Threads account too.
Blue skies and fresh air.
GFYourself
Maybe it’s just a shitty, glitch-prone platform 😂
Facebook has censored memes of plan 2025. I got hit a bit with those but was posting stuff I had verified. Facebook has problems.
(Twitter/Meta/Threads/Instagram, TikTok, etc)
At All, Period
They're Tools (not good ones)
Data is the New Oil - Don't be a drip in the drum
Maybe if she was here…
2. She is
THE GOOD NEWS IS
YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO HER NEWSLETTER ON YOUR OWN … DIRECTLY FROM HER.
You don’t need Zuckerberg to stay in touch with the folks that matter. Your friends will still answer the phone when you call them. And the rest? Maybe quality is better than quantity.
They are all psychopaths. Irrational, acquisitive, arrogant, obscenely wealthy, narcissistic, and careless people who don’t care for others.
https://www.youtube.com/live/fUR3qFTVK2k?si=zV38ntKcIFOe2ZeR
https://youtube.com/@heathercoxrichardson?si=Rs0Xq4F2OI4nXYZa
But at some point, if the owners rifling through your pockets in the coat room, the bouncer grabbing your ass, and the pee in the drinks won't get you to find a new hangout, I dunno what will
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Why anyone in your country would still use their dollars or time to prop up a defunct organization that supports Trump is beyond me.
Listen to Richardson’s daily podcast. her words, her voice. also substack