After years of an off-on abusive relationship with Facebook, I left that social media wasteland for good a few days before the second inauguration of Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025.

I wasn’t the only one.

The nation’s billionaires had begun obsequious pilgrimages to the Dark Lord’s Florida castle. Among those eager to kiss the Lord’s ring was Mark Elliott Zuckerberg of Facebook. For me that was the final straw.

That, however, goes against the tide. Facebook and its associate platforms — Instagram, WhatsAp, Messenger and so on, are growing concerns. Facebook reportedly has some 2.11 billion daily users worldwide — a number that climbs roughly 5 percent every year.

Even if half of those are spam or fake accounts, that still leaves lots of real users. Facebook has reported deleting nearly a billion fake accounts in a single year — 2023. Still, it’s the largest social media site in the world. Bluesky and other competitors aren’t even close.

Despite all that, I’m outa here when it comes to Facebook. And, no, I don’t expect my personal protest against the platform to mean anything.

Leaving, though, has brought. up a dilemma: Years of work as a newspaper reporter and editor has left me conditioned — for better or worse — to the desire or need to keep a written record of my mental and physical comings and goings.

This website is an effort to continue that habit. While I don’t necessarily want to discourage visitors, there will be little to nothing posted here to interest anyone other than myself.