The "Anti-AI" blog

I left Facebook on January 9; deleted my account. I did not do it to feel smug or self-righteous - I did it because the platform had become just overtly obnoxious to me in recent months. 

Sure, there were many nits accumulating in recent years (before the past several months) that contributed to my overall disdain for the platform.  But then...

…the $1M donation to the Trump Inauguration following the 2024 election

...the butt-kissing trip to Mar a Lago. 

The stomach began to sour.

Then came the acknowledgement that Meta had started using AI generated accounts to "help engage communities!". I was wondering why my news feed had become flooded with "Groups you may be interested in!", along with hourly barrage of "People you may know!" (complete with profile backgrounds much like I had used).  

Then for me, a final straw. 

Over the years, I have watched very out, very LBGT+ community entrenched Facebook friends of mine come under attack on the platform over the years. There was a saving grace of some form of Meta governance, the protective shell against hate speech. When "Zuck" (rhymes with "Fuck") decided to discontinue that function in favor of allowing the user community (read MAGA) to self-govern, that really ended it for me.  Why open myself up to the toxicity and garbage of the MAGAverse? 

I let all 20 of my "Friends" know I was leaving the platform, how to reach me and goodbye. That was my personal choice. Again, not to feel smug or self-righteous, but to feel... relieved. And I do!  

I do still respect the people that I know who are so firmly entrenched in the Metaverse; good for them - I get it; the only way to keep up with relatives, check in on the Grand-kids, provide content to a user community, etc. Hundreds if not thousands of followers. It is what it is; much like being welded to iOS or Windows - it's the foundation on which lives are lived and, in some cases, income generated.

Facebook was just never a necessity for me. At best, an annoyance. All I used it for was to post memes and occasional snarky missives and to complain about Facebook.

And now I have my Morning Coffee blog!  Love being here!  And until Google decides that I need to “AI” it up a bit, I am going to just keep posting my daily memes and occasional snarky missives.  

My visitor count keeps going up, so I hope folks, new and old, find the site enjoyable.