Essay, Facebook, SephiPiderWitch, Thoughts on Life

June has arrived and Facebook thinks I am a public figure.

ExcellentWell, I ended my week with getting bumped by Facebook with a notice that claims they believe me to either be a business or a public figure.  And as much as I should appreciate the compliment of their assumption in that I am some sort of public figure, or a business owner, they are mistaken on both accounts. After fussing with trying to convert my profile as requested, I finally hit a wall of frustration when they told me I couldn’t use my e-mail addy as it was already attached to a profile.  Uhm, yeah.  So, as amused as I was with the video with Bill Nye about the “Universe trying to tell you something”, I am going to say that maybe the universe was trying to tell me something.  🙂  I think I can use a break from the time guzzler Facebook is.  And the time to decide if I even want to try and get myself reinstated with all their new invasions into privacy, forcing people to represent themselves according to their inane definitions and ever more endless ads. The only real deterrent was in the fact that for a short time, I also lost my Spotify account as a result of my lockout by Facebook.  That one was not a happy moment!  Especially given that my son had just renewed my account with another year of blissful, commercial free music of my choice.  Thankfully, the wonderful people at Spotify went out of their way and found my ancient account with them, moved all my playlists and gave me my remaining credits.  So, I have my music back.  And so ends the one truly pressing reason I had to fix the Facebook issue. I figure this could all be a giant blessing.  Maybe I can spend the time I would have scrolling through Facebook to do more real writing.  Who knows?  If I become more consistent and frequent with my postings, I could get a greater following.  And that is the best place I have decided my energies will be best spent.  At least for now.  I may return to Facebook.  I suppose it depends on how I fare without it.  Though I doubt I will fare badly as I did without it for years when my friends were using it.  But, if I return, it will be if I can find a way to do so on terms I find acceptable.  Hell, I have a stupid phone.  I read physical books, I can write with a pen and paper (even use fountain pens).  The ones I feel sorry for are those that can’t function without their electronic leashes.  🙂 So, while a majority of the people who claim they are stepping away from Facebook generally don’t really mean it and return very shortly after.  I am not sure mine will be the same situation.  First, I didn’t “choose” to leave.  They booted me.  Probably because they want me to operate under my birth name.  That just isn’t going to happen.  I don’t run any social media under my real name.  And in this age of identity theft, spying, and basically feeding every commercial interest your entire viewing tastes, it really is a bad idea.  Plus, I have never been one to play by rules that don’t set well with me.  I have been just fine on Facebook for years without any issues.  Now, they want to change the rules and want me to just blindly accept so that I don’t lose that “oh-so-needed” contact with my friends and family.  I guess I am just going to figure if my friends and family find me of worth, they will contact me directly.  And even better that.  I miss that form of interaction with people I care about. That aside, I think its time I get back into my yard and my surroundings and start sharing what I see, what I think, how I feel.  I have a nice little garden already growing this year. My dogwood is blooming, I have hummingbirds buzzing me and bees everywhere, and my latest garden treasure is a lovely Voodoo Lily that bloomed within hours of being settled into the ground.  And damn!  I forgot to take a picture of it yesterday!  Hopefully, it will still be blooming today and I can make up for that.
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  1. There are a *lot* of overtly public figures and businesses on FB that have not been booted off. Is that their stated reason for booting you? I have a screen name that is different than the name on my driver’s license too, but FB doesn’t seem to have any objection to it. And lots of other people do too. I suspect the nature of your screen name has something to do with it as other people with similar names are being kicked off FB too. If that is the case, maybe something needs to be done about a targeted attack on a specific group of people.

    • Oh, I am sure of that. And what needs to be done is people need to leave Facebook as I am considering doing.

      • There are all kinds of celebrities, musicians, groups involved in money making and various personalities on FB.
        If FB is already booting “witchy” folks off (or maybe in response to objections by those who typically object to such folks), a mass exodus of other “witchy” people will only help FB do what they are already doing. Doesn’t seem effective.
        Only a seriously mass exodus of the mainstream public in targeted support of witches will make an impression on FB, and I don’t see that happening.
        There are people making an effort to get rid of “undesirables” such as witches on FB by objecting to witchy screen names. A very large and loud protest threatening legal action might get their attention but may not result in a reversal of policy without actual legal action. The same thing may happen on other social media too. If someone that FB values files an objection against witches, that is what is motivating FB’s actions. There needs to be an appropriate response to make a change. Otherwise FB has no reason to change what they are doing.
        Seems like Hobby Lobby type folks will be getting their way.

        • Actually, they are trying to force people to use their “birth” names. They lost the fight by directly demanding it and are now taking this backdoor route. Its a very different situation than Hobby Lobby. At any rate, if you feel this is worth a fight, please feel free and fight them. I will exert my energies in other places that will be more rewarding to me.

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