[nashashmi]

> They won’t, but they can.

That is the problem with this advice. “Can choose not to” is code to stop someone complaining. “Just don’t use it then”. It sounds equivalent to the “love it or leave it” slogan used in the 70s in America.

We don’t leave. We fight. We don’t stop using. We openly and publicly criticize

[lrvick]

Leaving it is the right choice though. The corpos will never care about you. I consume no ads, or Google software, and still do anything I want in the tech world.

[macintux]

I left Facebook, but its algorithm continues to actively encourage the divisiveness and misinformation that’s poisoning the world I live in.

Sometimes “you don’t have to participate” isn’t strong enough advice, not that I know what the answer actually is.

[lrvick]

Get yourself off the toxic platforms first, then immediate family and friends.

It is a bit like denormalizing smoking. It is a long game and a lot of education work but it is working.