My place on Facebook
I had a note posted on my wall on Facebook last night from someone I used to work with, who was an old curmudgeon 27 years ago when we first met and seems to have not changed a bit.
The note said "We do not need to see all these dog photos". This morning when I received the note, I promptly responded back.
To paraphrase what I said: "This is what I use Facebook for. Many people play games, gossip, or use it to catch up on family photos. I use it for animal rescue.
According to Facebook, I have 204 friends. The "friends" who are really friends, know where my passions lie. The others are simply people I have met on my life's journey who, although are not rescue people, don't mind perusing the animal photos and then sharing with their friends.
I don't play games. I really don't care if you do. I try not to gossip. I really don't care if you do. I do ask my friends to share a photo or two from the multitude which get posted on my wall. I have had friends who "unfriend" me because they don't want to see the animals. I don't mind. I know animals are not everyone's passion. My filters on my mouth don't seem to work as well as they did when I was younger so I hope this does not insult anyone.
Just so we are clear here: I use social networking to further the information on homeless pets. I am shameless in my promotion. I do not limit my posts but share as widely as I can and ask my friends to do the same.For me, if one animal finds a home because of a posting, I don't care if some of my friends stop reading. If they are really and truly my friends, they will understand.
The note said "We do not need to see all these dog photos". This morning when I received the note, I promptly responded back.
To paraphrase what I said: "This is what I use Facebook for. Many people play games, gossip, or use it to catch up on family photos. I use it for animal rescue.
According to Facebook, I have 204 friends. The "friends" who are really friends, know where my passions lie. The others are simply people I have met on my life's journey who, although are not rescue people, don't mind perusing the animal photos and then sharing with their friends.
I don't play games. I really don't care if you do. I try not to gossip. I really don't care if you do. I do ask my friends to share a photo or two from the multitude which get posted on my wall. I have had friends who "unfriend" me because they don't want to see the animals. I don't mind. I know animals are not everyone's passion. My filters on my mouth don't seem to work as well as they did when I was younger so I hope this does not insult anyone.
Just so we are clear here: I use social networking to further the information on homeless pets. I am shameless in my promotion. I do not limit my posts but share as widely as I can and ask my friends to do the same.For me, if one animal finds a home because of a posting, I don't care if some of my friends stop reading. If they are really and truly my friends, they will understand.
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