What Happens When You Post On Facebook?
You find out who your friends are
Facebook can be a lot of fun or a distraction.
Facebook happens to take up quite a lot of time. I like reading posts from friends and sometimes from people I barely know. I am generally kind of careful who I accept as friends so my Facebook friends are mostly people who are actually my friends or have been my friends in the past. Sometimes I accept people as friends if we have a lot of friends in common and they seem like they are compatible with me. That can prove to be a way to make new friends or it could be a mistake. I like Facebook regardless of any drawbacks.
Facebook has been a good way to reconnect with friends from the past. I have had former students of mine from when I taught Economics at a college in California decades ago contact me. Old friends from church groups and even from high school have found me on Facebook. It has been fun to renew friendships from long ago.
I like to post about what where I am going and what I am doing. I know you should be careful about some posts so that you do not give clues to crooks who could come and rob your house while you are gone. I like to share activities with friends. I do not post pictures of food often as some of my Facebook friends do.
Sometimes I find interesting and enlightening videos or articles that I like to share. There are times when the posts are political in nature. Those are the ones which bring strong reactions from both sides of an issue. Then you might find out who your true friends are.
I do have some past friends who are on Facebook who should not be considered real friends any longer. They express a lot of hate and disgust for some of my posts. Sometimes I reply to the hate and sometimes I do not. It is unlikely to be able to change anyone’s mind when they express strong feelings against Facebook posts. They say they don’t hate me, but they obviously do hate some of my posts, my ideas, and some of my political friends.
Facebook can be a lot of fun, and using it can be a rewarding experience. You just have to not let the hate get to you. They usually don’t hate you, but they hate what you are saying. If you are saying something good about a politician they don’t like, they may express hatred toward that person or what he or she stands for or has done.
Lots of people say that they have given up on Facebook although they had used it regularly in the past. They are tired of spending so much time looking at people’s posts so they discontinued their use. Some have gone to other forms of social media, and others have completely removed themselves from those forms of communication.
My advice is to enjoy Facebook if it is something you want to do.
