We don’t just use Facebook anymore. We inhabit it. And that shift—from tool to environment—is the quiet revolution no one voted for. Every feature of Facebook is optimized for one thing: time on site. The infinite scroll, the notification bell, the algorithm that surfaces outrage because outrage gets clicks. These aren’t neutral design choices. They are behavioral engineering.
This is the quiet trap: monopoly by convenience. Regulation may help. Better digital literacy will be essential. But the deeper solution is philosophical: we need to reclaim the distinction between connection and community. Facebook offers the former—instant, frictionless, shallow. Real community is slow, local, and often inconvenient. FB.txt
Alternatively, if FB.txt is a placeholder for a topic (e.g., Facebook, Fermat's Last Theorem, or something else), let me know the subject, and I’ll write a meaningful post accordingly. We don’t just use Facebook anymore