I, like you, occasionally find myself on Facebook and say "what the fuck am I doing here?". I guess my only excuse is that so far I've been pretty unsuccessful in bringing people I know over to Steemit.

The other night, I found myself in one of those situations, scrolling through Facebook, unsure as to how I got there. I stumbled across a post in a local buy/sell/swap/trade group I'm part of, made by a woman seeking emergency dog food for a dog that had unintentionally ended up under her care.

People were immediately barraging her with a bunch of BS about taking in a dog she couldn't afford and things of that nature, even though she had made it clear that she had not intentionally ended up with the dog and was just trying to be a good person.

So I defended her, and although I unfortunately am in a similar financial situation so I couldn't afford the gas to bring it to her, I informed her that if she had a car or could get a ride the Humane Society offers free "emergency food".

Then it got interesting. She apparently didn't read my comment or just completely misinterpreted it as an insult, and got defensive. Other people had continued to insult her while this was going on and before I had a chance to tell her to re-read my comment she deleted the post, probably because out of a dozen or so people I was one of maybe two who offered her any help.

I guess the point is that Facebook, at least in my experience, has just become a breeding ground for hate and a source for people to take out their anger on random strangers on the internet.

Obviously that's not always the case but I can't remember the last time I went on facebook without getting bummed out on the way people were treating each other.

Steemit rewards for help, and that's pretty amazing. Hopefully I can get my friends over here so I don't ever wander onto Facebook again :)