Losing Face(book) Again

Distractions, The Bad

I tried before but now I’m pretty much made up my mind. Especially after reading this article. I’ve decided that I get enough ads directed at me through unpaid subscriptions to online/real world endeavours. Hell just visiting any Google enhanced free web page and I get Toronto/Gay/Gamer/robot centric ads yelling at me for attention. You’ll notice I’ve removed the Sociable widget/toolbar at the bottom.

Look, I love internet trends and memes. They make me happy and make me feel like I’m on the bleeding edge of cool. I tried FB and with limited success I witnessed a page view spike over here on DR.com when I vented my posts over to my Wall. I’ve come in contact with some missing friends and made a couple new ones too. Win/win! But there comes a time when juggling three digital online presences gets a bit much (four if you count Flickr, but who likes a silent mime in the social world, eh?). Between Twitter, FB and this site I manage to cross pollinate each with a singe touch of a button, but in the end, most of my readers get hit with three similar announcements about one upload. Because I don’t want to spam my readers and friends and I prefer to write and create rather than regurgitate I’ve chosen to drop the least creative outlet – Facebook. Twitter and this Blog win out, I’m afraid. And Twitter ain’t all that attractive too – I think it promotes poor grammar/spelling but I can’t deny it’s compelling immediacy.

In the end it comes down to redundancy, really. I’m tired of trying to keep up with all the social and just want to focus on the me for now. I hope you stay and read on (You can RSS feed the home page easy in Firefox/Google Reader) and ultimately keep on being digital.

6 thoughts on “Losing Face(book) Again

  1. Dead Robot

    Matt :

    … potentially redundant two or three times over for some readers/viewers.

    I fear you’re one of the guys I’m hitting at least 4 times when I post something, even over on Buzz. One less link in the noise.

  2. Matt

    Makes total sense to me. I’ve also had to weigh how much work I want to put into posting content on multiple sites that’s potentially redundant two or three times over for some readers/viewers.

  3. Dead Robot

    Evil Panda :

    I can’t leave FB, it’s the only way I have to keep in contact with friends, and I use the chat function quite a bit to talk to my nephew and his wife.

    And that’s good. At its heart FB is a great tool for communication, if you get past the whole evil ad API thing (they have to make their money somewhere).

    Thanks for being a loyal reader. Here is a digital cookie for your time.

  4. Evil Panda

    Well, this website is usually the second one I check on a daily basis (FB being first, CNN being third), so it’s all good.

    I can’t leave FB, it’s the only way I have to keep in contact with friends, and I use the chat function quite a bit to talk to my nephew and his wife.

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