Writing is a good way of making sense of ideas, and hence the world. I've not had much to say lately because the input of ideas has been low: My reading is down as I pursue some other activities. (I've also run across many who say things so well that I feel less compelled to add to it...)
So, this post isn't really about the world or ideas - it really is a trail to see how facebook's new functionality regarding importing blogs works. Supposedly, it won't import, and I'll have to link to it.
Not that it really matters. I've noticed increasingly that facebook is choosing my content for me, and although I've sorted my friends into lists (so that the quiet or intermittent posters are less likely to be drowned out by my 'chatty' friends), I still miss posts - sometimes posts of a certain nature, sometimes it appears that I miss entire posts from some.
I've specifically noticed that I no longer see posts from two of my friends who blog on a regular basis. True, I only sometimes read their posts, and true, I even more infrequently interacted via commenting or 'liking' the posts - but I want to see that they have said something, even if I choose not to read very far.
But, I have to remember: Although we use it as a means of interacting and keeping in touch, Facebook is not about us: It's about funneling consumers and money to corporations that can afford to play.
If you've ever had any doubt, then the possibility of a $100 billion IPO from facebook should remind you exactly who and what facebook is for.
We may think of ourselves as the primary users as we post and play, but it's not about us.
