Not long ago I got thoroughly disgusted with Facebook. I got so tired of the hate and divide and I decided no longer wanted to be a part of it; at the very least I needed a break. I was good, for the most part, at ignoring the \u201cwhite privilege\u201d crap and the \u201cI hate Trump\u201d posts and the \u201cif you don\u2019t think like me you\u2019re evil\u201d posts. I also got burned out on all the pictures of what people were having for dinner. But I found myself commenting on the really ignorant memes and that never ends well. So, rather than let the Puppet Master use me I suspended my account.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not saying the Puppet Master is an actual person or a cabal of sinister minded board of directors but I do believe the Puppet Master is real. I see the Puppet Master as a compilation of \u201cgroup think\u201d types who, for some reason, entertain themselves or are entertained by division and hate. Regardless of who or what the Puppet Master is, I find the concept repulsive.<\/p>\n
Contrary to social thought there are no Facebook withdrawal shakes or tremors when you pull the plug.\u00a0 These past two weeks have been rather productive.\u00a0 But will admit I missed some of my friends and family.<\/p>\n
Facebook has some good points. I got reconnected with old friends, found new ones and certainly Facebook is a great tool to use if you need help, want to help, want to share insight, or share pictures of loved ones who have accomplished great or small things. I even got my high school class ring returned after being lost for over 15 years; how cool is that? Anyway, after two weeks of being off of Facebook I ponder on the wisdom of my action.<\/p>\n
I miss the interaction with those I cherish and will admit I miss the pictures that accompany many of the comments made by those I cherish. I resolved to return but return with a new set of rules. Rules that, if followed, will return me to what I have always hoped was the original intent of Facebook. Well, actually the original intent of Facebook can be traced to the currently taboo practice of body-shaming. The original Facebook (called Facemash) was shut down a few days after it went on line by Harvard executives and Zuckerberg faced expulsion from Harvard University for breach of security, violating copyrights, and individual privacy. He, Zuckerberg, launched a new site called TheFacebook but found himself again in trouble when some Harvard seniors claimed he had stolen their idea for a social networking site. That claim was settled out of court. There\u2019s more to the story but suspect if you want to know more you will dig into it on your own, you don\u2019t need me for that.<\/p>\n
OK, where was I? Bit of a rabbit hole there. I\u2019ll crawl out of the \u201crabbit hole\u201d with a final comment on this sidebar subject; Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard.<\/p>\n
So, the \u201doriginal\u201d original intent is not my intent, not interested in body-shaming. In my mind I see the original intent as bringing people closer together. It has failed at that but only because we have allowed it to fail at that.<\/p>\n
I will endeavor to abide by my new set of rules and hopefully will not suffer an abundance of setbacks. Feel free to call me out if you see my strings tugged by the Puppet Master. But do it nicely, sometimes I don\u2019t play well with others. We all have good days and bad days. I won\u2019t make light of your bad days if you don\u2019t make light of mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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