Notices by jonw (jonw@hackers.town)

Here #Freelance workers. Send this to the next person that asks you to do shit for free because “exposure”.

Blatantly stolen from LinkedIn of all places.

Rant time:

There a population of people who periodically show up bemoaning how terrible Facebook is but, of course, THEY can’t stop using it because <insert reason> but they really want to.

That always pushes my buttons and I almost always respond with some version of “stop using it”.

That almost always gets me called elite or privileged because I don’t “need” Facebook like they do because <reasons>. And that pisses me off even more.

I left Facebook in February and Twitter not too long after. And you know what? It did suck. It still sucks.

I don’t know wtf is happening with my family across the country anymore except when someone texts me or my wife tells me what she saw on Facebook. I have to actually search around for forums and news sites to learn stuff now because I don’t have access to Facebook groups. People have to actually phone or text me because they can’t find me on Facebook. I miss a lot.

It wasn’t easy and it’s still not easy. I consider going back now and again. But you know why I don’t?

Not because I’m privileged. Not because I’m elite. Because I’m principled.

I’ve drawn my line in the sand and I’ve earned the right to beast on Facebook for being the shittiest company ever conceived.

Put up or shut up. Either stop using Facebook or stop bitching about it. Everyone that uses Facebook is part of the problem regardless of whatever their reasons are.

The only way to kill Facebook is to strangle its cash flow and the only way peons like you and me can do that is to remove ourselves from its product list.