same, though if my participation is desired/required i’ve found people tend to reach me anyhow

I personally don’t understand the draw of Facebook. Prior to deleting my account, I just seemed to be constantly unfollowing people because of their over sharing, excessive baby pictures or reposting dumb political stuff or starting massive arguments over literally anything.

If this is the new public square then lordy, I want no part of it. And it’s funny and really scary that people are so into Facebook that’ll come for the photos of a grandkid and stay for the misinformation and repeated privacy invasions.

They may not want to when all one’s family and friends use it. Personally I couldn’t stand the business and deleted it years ago, but for some people it’s not a option. They need it to communicate, plus there is no clear alternative in 2019.

Friend tax is a real thing. Its when a friend doesn't have access to something that the rest of the friend group has. For example, if your friend group uses Facebook messenger and Facebook events to plan stuff but you don't have that then they will try to include you through second-hand reach out such as texts or emails, in-person, etc. However, since you are not involved in the primary mode of communication you will miss important details and may even show up to incorrect locations as it is not clear who in the group is responsible for informing you of the change.