As much as I can relate to this, I don't quite understand the benefit of not voting vs voting for someone you actually think should be in office, even if it's third party or a write in. I'm not saying there is NOT a benefit, I just don't see it, and am open to the perspective here.

To me, it seems like voting third party sends a better signal than not voting at all... And even if you think the whole thing is fake, deciding not to participate doesn't have any practical effect (at least from what I can see - again, open to opposing views), whereas continuing to participate in democracy on any level at least has SOME potential to encourage change, even if it's minuscule.

EDIT: I'm also generally very skeptical against this kind of message - there have been instances of social media pages and forums that gain credibility among a specific demographic, and then begin encouraging users and followers to abstain from voting. It's a common malicious tactic used by other countries, and likely by people/groups here as well, and we should all be very wary of it.