RE: Reminders Why I Went Somewhere Else...
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I tried to leave FB, I really did. That's when I went to steem. Now I am back on FB and I can tell you that it has gotten much much worse. I get attacked for saying the most benign things, but benign things that don't follow the Dem platform to a T. I have become an enemy of my some of my closest friends! I really need to learn how to keep my mouth shut there. It's a good thing the folks who disagree with me vociferously at present are only armed with signs.
Love love love your photos, especially the poppy.
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I have left Facebook for anything meaningful, but I have continued to post photos of my cats and flowers, and news updates on what's flowering in the garden. I don't try to have "serious" conversations with anyone there, however. I still belong to several groups there, and they are very niche and topic oriented, so we stay *"on topic,"I and I guess FB is still OK for that, in some hobbyist sort of way.
I completely avoid politics on Facebook because I don't function well in an environment where someone is unable to appreciate (and work with) the positive aspects of both sides the political spectrum. I guess I'm a bit of a Buddhist at heart, in that I believe that no perspective can be 100% right OR 100% wrong... and I seek out the right parts rather than the wrong parts. That doesn't work well for those who'd rather engage in a verbal brawl than find actual solutions.
Yup. That's exactly what is happening now. Especially lefties. No discussion allowed, just a bunch of hate. Someone posts something hateful, and all their followers do the same underneath. If I try to get in there and say something sensible, not hateful, I get ATTACKED by all of them. So I've stopped doing that, and just post my own informative info. Nice conversations happen, but of course only folks who largely agree with me have anything to say. Dangerous space!!
Some people are just not happy unless they are "in a fight."
I remember the ridiculousless of that many years ago when I started to date someone I thought was a very nice woman... until she quite openly explained that she'd get bored in relationships "unless there was a good fight 2-3 times a week." Struck me an extremely dysfunctional and toxic state of mind... and yet? It's not that rare.