Facebook\u00ae, Revisited
\n I\u2019ve spent a lot of time cruising my Facebook\u00ae . I did figure out how to jump from Heading to Heading (tap the H key) ;and go from graphic to graphic (tap the G key); and how to leave a comment (tap \u201center\u201d when the leave a comment was high-lighted).
\n That\u2019s when I became uneasy. To whom would my comment go to or by whom would it be read? I guess I\u2019m too private a person to just send anything into the ether for everyone and anyone to read. Folks have told me that my message only goes to the recipient\u2019s friends. Well, who are they? Do I also know them?
\n There is a \u201cshare\u201d feature with each post. Maybe someone decides to share my post with their friends, which connects to their friend, and then, on to their friends\u2026ad infinitum.
\n You could make up a list of specific friends and just post to them. I wondered why I never read posts from my adult children. I wasn\u2019t on their private list. As a matter of fact, I invited my eldest son, who lives on the West coast, to be my \u201cfriend\u201d and he declined, saying, I didn\u2019t need to know what he was doing.
\n I enjoyed reading the posts in my box. It was fun to know this friend was traveling to pick up her family, cleaning out the barn to make room for her son-in-law\u2019s boat, and news of her grandchildren. Another friend from high school is into equestrian issues and posted up-dates on shows and her new 2nd home in the mountains. Another high school buddy posted the progress of his dog Wheezy having 9 puppies and following their progress until all of them were adopted. A former science teacher posted interesting news items that could be linked on to read the whole article.
\n Most of the posts were \u201c\u2026has added 42 photos to their album\u201d or \u201c\u2026has commented on her own album\u201d or \u201c\u2026likes so-and-so\u2019s status\u201d.
\n The photos were the most frustrating. Usually, if there was a description of the pictures, it was very cryptic: Labor Day picnic, Where Am I?, clouds, sunset, baby fix. These comments did not provide useful information, so I\u2019d click on \u201cread all comments\u201d.
\n Again, the comments were rather cryptic: Wow, Go Girl, I\u2019ll bring the wine tonight\u201d.
\n Then, several friends (I only knew one of them.) began to confuse texting on her phone with commenting on Facebook\u00ae.
\n Sometimes I could get the gist of the thread, but not enough to feel like I were in a conversation. I began to feel like a voyeur.
\n When Hurricane Irene hit PA, news of someone\u2019s missing 22 horses was very quickly disseminated. I doubt the horses panic led them as far north as I am from the situation, but when the news needed to be out there in a hurry, the social networks were in hot pursuit. Except, of course, for those whose power was out and their computers down.
\n The long and short of it is that I\u2019ve suspended my Facebook\u00ae account. I have other things I\u2019d like to do with my time. I\u2019d prefer to e-mail one person at a time and make it a meaningful missive. I had a lot of Facebook\u00ae friends when I disengaged and I hope my true friends will understand by e-mailing me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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