For me the realization that politicians just accept and use facebook for their own means instead of being opposed to it was a really bitter realization.

I was hoping that when they started realizing the potential, they'd feel threatened and require it to cease working that way. Instead they all run PR campaigns on social media, and they probably collect data on their voters too if they can. It's just too disgusting to bear. Not just the US either, this is happening all across Europe.