Visited Facebook last night for the first time in ages. Very good to see news from old friends, but the algorithm also churns up a lot of random schmalz. And it’s downright needy. Why, at a gathering of friends, should I need FB to drag me around and tell me what and who I should pay attention to? And why does it ask me to evaluate friends' speech along the way? FB is such an intrusive and overbearing host.