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Oct 01, 2026, 11:32 PM

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[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Nope. You got the time period right, but I would like to posit it’s when they started letting our Parents, drunk uncles and dumb ass aunties on Facebook.

The problem always has, and always will be, Facebook.

[–] combomeal@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I completely agree. Should have never taught the geriatric community how to access FB

[–] cloudshouter@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago

Honestly someone should have just whooped Zucks ass and shut down Facebook entirely. It’s whole original premise was scummy and if only got worse. There was data at the time showing how bad it was. The roll out to various colleges was happening at the same time as a nationwide student health and wellness survey. Mental health dropped significantly whenever access was opened to a college.