Dear Facebook,
[Edit: August 2011: Dear loyal readers: in re-reading this post I decided to edit it and delete the crazy-mixed-up-rantings of a thoroughly frustrated Facebook user...yours truly! And, a year and a half after posting this original thread I realize that nothing has changed at Facebook! They continue to launch changes and updates and new "tools" willy-nilly and it still drives me NUTS! I'll spare you, dear Reader, the details of my research into getting around the tweaks, leaks, cracks and chasms I've fallen victim to on an almost daily basis dealing with Facebook for myself and for my clients. Ah well, onward!!...the rest of this blog post is the original text....]
The Moral of This Story: In a way, I think this is a Good Thing…the fact that Facebook has just really messed up your online mojo. Why? Because Girl Friday thinks there is enough irrelevant nonsense on the internet, and in Facebook and Twitter and on and on. If you’re going to write something….make it Entertaining, Communicative, Collaborative, Educational. Give something meaningful to the world. Facebook wants to filter out the boring, irrelevant stuff, and their attempts to do so are just annoying. Why not just provide some quality here, so that the geniuses at Facebook don’t have to spend their time trying to read our minds. Let’s make our Minds BETTER!!! Better as in: Write something edifying, post a beautiful photo or incredible video, or uplifting song, or quote from JesusBuddahMohammedOprah…whatever you are passionate about. If you do that consistently, Facebook may have to lay off some of their workers, which will be unfortunate, but they may then go out and start serving Curry Without Worry and making the world a better place in a new and different way and they will all get away from their computers which is what Girl Friday is going to do right now.PS: you can learn this stuff if you really want to. Girl Friday teaches workshops, barn dances, and cow-tipping…no, not really. She teaches her clients how to use Online Marketing. Send her an email and ask about it: info@e-girlfriday.com
Nutty or not, it’s been working better for me to have a custom list instead of either news feed on my home page. Even the “Status Updates” tab can be moved to the top and become the Home Wall.
I’m curious – instead of subscribing to your blog’s feed in Facebook notes are you posting links to your blog in Facebook to avoid comments there and encourage them here?
Hi Kirk, it’s all just nutty as fruitcake, isn’t that the truth? Creating a custom list is also a good way to avoid the News Feed effluvia, you are correct, Sir. In answer to your question, I have subscribed to my blog through Facebook Notes, AND I also use the Sociable plug-in to post the blog on my Facebook Profile. I like the way it looks when it is shared through Sociable, plus, you’re right, it takes the user directly to this blog. I prefer that, for SEO reasons. I also simply paste the link to the post into my Girl Friday Facebook FAN Page. Whew!! Thanks for reading and commenting!! Cheers! Girl Friday
Thanks Doll! I knew you would have the answer!
Many of people blog about this subject but you wrote down some true words!
Thanks for the ” righteous FB dope” GF! G knows it has been horrifc thinking no one loves me anymore. I’ve just been lookin’ for love in all the wrong places. Remember Facebook loves you!