Use the mobile web version of Facebook so you can use the messenger without having to download the app. My wife thought of that trick. The web version is easy to use and is functional.

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Rumour Has It

Facebook is in need of a sense of humor. It has flashes of it sometimes but most of the time not so much. Should we do a Kickstarter campaign for it?

Thanks For The Follow Back Elsewhere

Tumblr peeps thanks for following me back on other platforms like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Making connections is fun if done the right way. Keep on blogging folks.

Innocent comments and status updates get blown all out of proportion on Facebook. Comment at your own risk.

Me, I Said This

Facebook @ Ten

As Facebook turns 10 today, most of the early adopters have come along with it to make it into what it is today. The question for its future is will they have a new generation of users setting the table for the next 10 years. Remember MySpace, I hope Facebook has learned from it, being relevant is a hard thing to do.

As we have heard many in their teens and early 20’s are using Instagram, Snapchat, Kik, Tumblr and Twitter to communicate and be social. Facebook has to find its way back into their social networking lives. That will be a serious challenge.

Congratulations to Mark Zuckerberg and his team. This is a great accomplishment. Ten years in anything online is a great fete.

In honor of the Super Bowl, I found this on Facebook. Sorry Tim Tebow

Dealing with death and social media profiles | Times Free Press

This is an interesting article about using social media, in this case Facebook to memorialize people after they pass away. There is some useful information here. Perhaps having a digital memorial can help with the greiving process for some.

Dealing with death and social media profiles | Times Free Press

Friendship, A Part Of Our Lives

Friendship is a part of life that is special. We all need people to go through life with to share those once and a lifetime experiences. Caring about people is part of our humanity.

A fellow blogger and I were having a Twitter conversation about friendship the other day and it seems that the concept is very fluid. Friendship groups seem to change a lot these days. It is rare to keep a long-term friendship group. We are more mobile and our friends change from time to time.

Social media has helped us maintain friendships and that can be a blessing and a curse. In my case a group of people I went to church with when we lived in Murfreesboro, TN stay in touch thanks to Facebook. High school friendships have been renewed because of social networking. 

Unfortunately friendships these days seem to have a shelf life and people come into your life for a season. Its something I have had to learn kind of the hard way. Some relationships end because of ego, self-centeredness and other factors. Drama seems to fracture friendships easily these days. People don’t want to be taken advantage of either in their connections with others. 

For many people they go through life without meaningful friendships because of one reason or another. Those people need people too. I think our self esteem can be a huge factor in how we perceive ourselves and what we think about other people. I like what Jim Morrison says “A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.”

Elbert Hubbard once said “A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.” Time and love are the important building blocks of friendship and you have to make yourself available to be a friend. Sometimes that means years and decades while other times it means days and months. 

Cherish your friendships. In some ways they become a part of your family or they become a substitute for family. 

I can say things here that I wouldn’t dream of saying on Facebook. Too many grown ups…well I am grown up but that doesn’t count.

Me, I said this.

Facebook Failure

I can’t post a status or comment on Facebook for some reason. Very frustrated! Arrg!