@RyanLCooper: "Facebook, in short, is destroying America"

The Week: "The platform has become a gigantic factory of extremist conspiracy theories and genocidal hatred — part of a general trend in which right-wing publications and political campaigns have come to dominate the site — all while bleeding traditional journalism to death."

With a brief exception at the start of the pandemic, I've been off Facebook for a year-and-a-half. Long story short: It bummed me out. But it was also literally addictive -- I found myself checking the service in any free moment. I had to go cold turkey, and honestly, as bad as the world seems, it feels better without Facebook in my life.

The funny thing is, Facebook might be even more integrated into our lives right now, when social distancing is the norm. I remember well how much I depended on the service for any connection with the world when I was undergoing my surgeries in 2011. People all over the planet are experiencing similar isolation right now. And it's worrisome to think that isolation is making them vulnerable to disinformation.