Re Facebook - I'm waiting for my ChasSmith friend request. Here's the problem with Facebook and it's easy to avoid: The people who ultimately get ridiculous on Facebook are the people who somehow think Facebook is all about them. Nope. Facebook is best used for keeping in touch with family, I suppose, but mostly for promotional purposes is what it's very useful for. I rarely post anything other than that and rarely post there about anything before posting here, where it really IS about all of us because we don't have algorithms and ads and all that BS. Facebook is not what it started out to be - adults weren't even allowed on it - now the kids wouldn't be caught dead on Facebook because it's been overrun with too many wacky needy adults (not any of us, of course, but certainly I would have to say some former dear readers would fall into that category, people who no longer come here because they think they've made Facebook all their own), too much politics and me, me, me, and some stuff clearly "borrowed" from this here message board - the proliferation of folks asking for vibes is funny to me, because that started with one of our former dear readers doing it and it was picked up on). Kids have moved onto other things - adults have even taken over Instagram now. It's hilarious - these especially older folks a decade or two ago wouldn't have been caught dead with a cell phone or on Facebook, and today it's all they do. Kids used to be the cell phone abusers in theaters - now it's all the older folks and especially the really older folks, who literally cannot put their phones down. So, my advice to ChasSmith is - be gentle with Facebook and use it wisely and you'll be okay. Do NOT get sucked into things because you'll find you cannot win - trolls are everywhere, bots are everywhere, and obnoxious people are everywhere. I've taken too many fools on and it turns out they are trolls or fake accounts run by bots, and that stuff is a complete waste of anyone's time.
