Dear Facebook friends, If you see this and read all the way thru, thank you. Should take 8 minutes or less depending on reading speed. So I did an experiment based on an algorithm Facebook implemented back in 2012 that makes all top stories posts that are extremely negative show up on the news feed instead of any positive ones. I dont believe they did an excellent job of changing it back, as I usually post what I deem to be positive: my artwork, my rare streams of music, my awesome talented music friends that I do web work for, and just seeing the joy of many things yet no one seems to view it. But when I post a message that I know actually comes from negative thoughts, spite, and vitriol, I get 40+ likes and 20+ verbal responses. My mother would sometimes call me out on it on a personal level. You guys were responding to that which actually angered me more. I thought it was just you guys, but then I got put on game with one of many articles explaining the algorithm mentioned above, like this one: mashable/2014/06/29/facebook-responds-to-negative-reactions-to-its-emotion-contagion-study/ and it got me thinking that even though it states Facebook did this in 2012, were just finding about this NOW, and it seems like they never removed that algorithm in the first place. How am I supposed to build a brand and relationships with like-minded people or people I really care about (even though some dont deem me kool enough to care back) if people only see me pissed off? That isnt where the hood is. I tallied results that Ill make in another post with images (day one was pretty interesting compared to day two probably because more and more people actually do read what I say, yet they really dont respond, and when they do, its in a hilarious greeting or a humble question in the comments). And I finally 100% realize that even though Im a habitual Facebook user, this is not the way to go about certain things I want to share in my life. See, Im like the anime character Naruto (and my favorite character from that show Gaara, and essentially Sasuke were the same): I just want to be acknowledged. Mainly by people I care about. If people I dont know come up and acknowledge me, then Ill care about them too, because I dont say this a lot: I actually do like and care about people and their emotional states. Its how Im built. I got my terrible flaws too, and Ill probably list them in the comments now that I know people do actually read even though they probably wont respond on here. Call me soft all you like, but I consider myself the REALEST MAN on the planet because of it. There are people I consider on my level, and its very few. I look up to those people and those five men know exactly who they are. Thats right, Im harder than you folks that think you shouldnt show weakness out here. I love you guys, but yeah, I dont roll that way, and thatll be just our differences between us. Youre still my closest friends because you reach out to a young sir, still. So in closing, I will be leaving this profile barren from now on. Ill still communicate thru the chat channel, but Im only going to be on Twitter and on my Facebook Fan Page from now on. Ill also be on LinkedIn, Instagram, and every other viable social media (is Vine still popping? LoL) This will be nothing but a share hub to those avenues, and its what it should have been in the first place. It took me long enough, but sometimes I have to learn easy things for myself because Im stubborn that way. Twitter is the present and future. Signed, Bell Boi Is Done With Facebook
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:11:37 +0000
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