I went to Vegas with my parents in 2009 or so, and while we had a lot of fun seeing a few shows (such as ventriloquist Terry Fator) and going to the dam, the trip was soured by the filth that was everywhere in the street.

All along the main drag, these cards with half-nude women were everywhere. Sales creeps offered them to us. We refused, of course, but the cards were ubiquitous. You couldn't avoid seeing them.

Later, Las Vegas passed an ordinance to try and clean it up. While that's nice and all, I didn't care. I've never been back and don't care to go back. Once was enough for me. The closest I get to Vegas now is watching the UFC on TV.

That's what Facebook has become. In the image for this post, you can see my activity begging FB to "show less" and hide its persistent posts of half-nude, AI and real women. Me, I just want to look for a few posts from friends. Facebook has other plans for me. I even went into settings and said that I wanted less graphic images. That was a week ago, and here we are. It's incessant. It's perverse. It's like walking the Vegas strip and having to avoid the smut pushers on the street. I never followed any of these accounts, and I never asked for this.

So I've made a decision: outside of posting OP links, I'm done scrolling FB pushing past soft porn just to occasionally see you. I don't know what your experience is, and hopefully you don't have this issue.

I use the Opera browser with FB because I don't do anything else with that browser. That way, FB knows nothing of my life. Perhaps it's making a guess, I dunno. Nicole is frequently in my office and sees it and it offends us both. It's so unnecessary. But algorithms don't care about you, me, or our preferences...

Maybe FB makes a ton of money from this sort of thing? If so, it's a lousy way to make money.

Earlier today, I thought I'd broken through. I took a break, hopped on FB, and instead of scantily clad women, I saw a bunch of Norman Rockwell painting posts. Progress! Or so I thought. The next time I went back on, I was on the Vegas strip again.

No thanks. I'm done with browsing FB. Makes me thankful I created this space here at OP. Like I said, I'll go on and post a link to my articles here, but I've had it with Zuckerberg's monster. It's out of control and a plague on society.