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another reason to get off facebook: when sharing becomes a privilege

Well, here's another reason to rethink Facebook.

Meta is introducing restrictions on sharing external links for some Facebook Pages and professional accounts. Apparently, even sharing links to your own website and the information you want people to read can become a paid privilege.

I have never paid Facebook to promote my work, and I'm certainly not about to start now.

I have spent years building my own little corner of the internet. Nearly 3 million blog views, thousands of posts, art, photography, stories, research and important news. I don't need Facebook to own that work, and I don't need to pay Meta for the privilege of directing people to it.

But here's the bigger concern.

What happens when independent bloggers, artists, community groups and ordinary people can no longer easily share important news and information?

Social media was supposed to connect us. Instead, we're increasingly seeing platforms decide what gets visibility, who gets heard and what creators must pay to reach an audience.

I don't think that's progress.

I have been questioning my relationship with Facebook, Instagram and other big tech platforms for some time. Every new restriction gives me another reason.

And I'm making another personal goal for 2027: getting rid of my smartphone.

Maybe it's time to step back, spend more time outdoors, make art, read, write and reconnect with the actual world.

My blog can stay. My words can stay. My art can stay.

But Facebook doesn't get to decide whether I can share them.

And I'm certainly not paying for the privilege.

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