The former president’s vaunted social media platform has had a rocky rollout since day one, with little sign of improvement.

Or, reflecting on my recent Facebook experience in light of the latest “Big Tech” controversy.

The slick-looking social network promised free speech, privacy, and better handling of user content. It’s been offline for over a month.

A 620-mile walk allows Craig Mod to use technology in a more mindful way.

It’s increasingly difficult to see Facebook as anything close to resembling a positive for society.

Sites like Facebook and Google exert massive control over what we read and see. Maybe it’s time to start bypassing them.

Also: Alien civilizations, musical nostalgia, revisiting classic Christian albums, video games as digital literature, social media darkness, music’s ongoing devaluation, and removing advertising’s influence.

Also: The music industry’s production tricks, crowdsourcing’s fatal flaw, Tarkovskian video games, Kendrick Lamar’s new single, adoption, a better Facebook community, and more.

Also: The story behind a new HTML tag, Facebook damages public discourse, developing virtue, and leaked nude celebrity pics.

So-called frictionless sharing risks making Facebook statuses less trustworthy.