Tonight both a fellow blogger and a webmaster whose site I occasionally visit urged me to open a Facebook account. They assured me that I would have many more readers for this blog if I were on Facebook. There is some way you can link a blog to your Facebook page, and my readership, which is loyal but small, would increase exponentially.
I just can’t bring myself to do it. I keep thinking about Andy Borowitz’s statement that there is a fine line between social media and and wasting your f...... life. I don’t understand the idea of “friends” that you connect with via a computer. I think of friends as people you call when you need to move a heavy metal desk. Friends pick you up at the airport, or bring you soup when you are sick, or come to your memorial service. From what I have read, most Facebook “friends” would not do those things.
So I will continue to post my blogs for my loyal readers. I appreciate each and every one of you. I also hope that a few of you will come to my memorial service. I already know that at least two of you would help me move a heavy metal desk.
I shared this post on Facebook!
ReplyDeleteI do have a facebook page. I really only post things that I do not want everyone to know. It is a way to stay informed with our family that is spread all around the country. Like in the case of a death of Marie's Aunt. We share pictures of many of the kids that everyone has. These are things that make it nice to have.
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