Lovin’ Life 21/3/2019: Facebook.


This is going to be one that polarizes.  The timing also is not great given the recent the horror of Christchurch and the man whose manifesto we should not be giving any more air or light with which to grow.  I hope that you’ll be able to read this post in the tone in which I meant when I wrote it without those shadows hanging over the words.

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This week, I’m lovin’ …. Facebook.

I know, I know.  There’s so much to hate about Facie… the airbrushed lives that people often present, the couple accounts (double ick), the advertising, the way the Daily Mail’s journalists uses it as a key source in their articles (with images from Instagram, naturally), the privacy issues and data breaches, the advertising….

But I love the memories it helps me preserve.  Photos and moments I’ve shared with friends decades, schools, jobs and cities ago.  Precious family moments.  How far I’ve come in the hair and beauty stakes in all that time.

Just this week, I had to trawl through my Facebook to find a printable photo from my childhood that I could send with Master SSG to school for a project they’re doing.  Having moved interstate, I have no photos of my childhood in the house at all.

Beyond the memories, Facebook has come to be a source of entertainment, news and even recipes.  I don’t have time to watch television, binge on Netflix or watch DVDs so Facebook has been my multi-channel source of everything really.  It’s so much easier to just prop myself up in bed at random hours, Face ID my phone and scroll….

At the moment its as much about the memes and entertainment for me as it is the photos and status updates my friends post.  I’m lucky also have a great bunch of people in my FB circle.  They keep it real, keep it fun and keep it supportive.

It’s a sign of the times that a dinosaur like me still uses Facebook as much as I did when it first launched.  The youngsters are all about social media platforms I haven’t even heard of but I remain loyal to the old FB.

So.  What about you?  Facebook lover or hater?


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