Divesting

I’m out. I’m opting out of Meta. I’m opting out of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and whatever else I can.

This is likely no surprise to anyone who has known me over the years. Facebook hasn’t been a “good” platform in a decade, honestly. Perhaps I sound a bit boomer-ish, despite my elder millennial status, but I stand by my statement. I’ve had a love/hate relationship (largely on the hate side) with the platform, and have only truly kept my account because of my professional life.

I still, honestly, have to keep at least minimal contact for business via the platforms until I can get customers to follow me to another platform. It’s the shitty part of being a business owner, and I’m frustrated by that. But I can’t make the switch overnight, so in the meantime I’m essentially “logged out” and inactive, personally, over on their platforms and my business postings will be minimal as I opt into channeling my energies into my email marketing, instead.

I deleted my alt Instagram account the other day, and deleted my decades-long used account this morning. And I’m not looking back. Meta can get fucked, as far as I am concerned.