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That's not a valid argument and rather telling of your immaturity. As has been pointed out on many occasions in many different contexts, facebook has become the dominant social network. It's really not even a question of using it at all, especially when there are dependencies and compulsion to use it. So your choice of social self-exclusion or abdication of rights is a patently false one choice. In fact, many time you actually are forced to use Facebook if you want to participate in social things. It should not be a valid choice to have to make. It's kind of sad that something so simple has to be explained.


It's valid to say, "I don't like Facebook's policies," "I don't like that Facebook is so embedded in society," or even "I don't like Facebook." But the notion you put forward that Zuckerberg started "stealing your person" or that "You are not free when you are on the Internet" is absurd. You are free. And you are not, as you suggest, being forced to take part.

Facebook is a platform. A lot of people use it. It gathers the data that you put into it. Its existence doesn't hinder your freedom, unless you're misconstruing the definition of "freedom."

Society has a lot of bullshit expectations, and there are many dominant opinions that cause circumstances I like, but none of those stop me from being "free."




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