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People still have Facebook accounts? I genuinely don't know why anyone does at this point.

If you are a woman, did you know Facebook has been stealing menstruation data from apps and using it to target ads to you?

If you take photos with your smartphone, you know meta has been using them to train their ai? Even if you haven't published them on Facebook?

To say nothing of Facebook's complicity in dividing cultures and fomenting violence and hate...



> People still have Facebook accounts?

Facebook Marketplace supplanted a number of earlier sites - like Hotpads for rentals and Craigslist for cars.

In mid 2021 there were hundreds of applicants per rental listing - even on Marketplace. No one had a luxury of listing preference.


A ton of friends still use Facebook messenger as their primary way to reach them




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