I received a notification today that it is my 13th anniversary of being on Facebook. I look back at my activity with mixed feelings. It can be a very big time suck and a waste of time. I admit that much of what I have posted is nonsense. Does the world have to know that I went to a movie today? On the other hand, I have connected with many people who share professional and leisure interests. I have likely discovered information on Facebook that I would not have found elsewhere.
There is the issue of my 543 Facebook Friends. When I first signed up I was very eager to friend people, but as the years passed I lost that desire. Most of them I have met either just once or not at all. Sometimes an online relationship develops but fades over time. I don't like it when people post about illnesses and other problems. Why do I have to read about a stranger's problems? I try to avoid not getting too personal on Facebook and in this journal.
The most difficult posts I wrote in Facebook were when my mother was ill and eventually passed away. It was my sad duty to report the untimely passing of my friend Alan Berman.
I guess the beat will go on and I will post on Facebook as I've done for 13 years and read other people's posts.
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