Over and Over and Over AGAIN…

It used to worry me but now it’s gotten so I hardly notice most of the time — all those FaceBook suggestions of people who would like to be my “friend.”  Not the ones I’ve never heard of.  No.  The ones that are so annoying are the friends I already have.  Who in the world are these clones?

Early on, I would doublecheck with those who I know to be current, active friends suggesting that they might have been hacked.  One or two (maybe) reported back that “yes, indeed” they had been hacked and to friend them on a new site.  Mostly though, everyone just ignores it.  Just one more social media annoyance…

But then… I wonder if I’M the one who has been hacked. And if so, what to do about it.  It all seems way too daunting and perhaps it would be better to just avoid social media altogether. Several of my “real-time” friends do, and their lives do not seem diminished thereby.

On the other hand…  (do I sound like Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof”?)… On the other hand, I enjoy my interactions with friends on FaceBook and I feel my original purpose in joining — to raise my profile so that people will know about, buy, and read my books — has been fulfilled.  Plus there has been the very great bonus of making new friends, meeting “new” relatives, and expanding my horizons way beyond Oysterville even for a few minutes each day!

At least for now, the upside outweighs the downside.  I think.

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