A good friend suggested that instead of doing a blog about China, I post to Facebook. "I think you'll get more readers that way." He may have been right, but I did not find the prospect appealing and ultimately rejected it.
I don't Facebook much, though I look at the pictures of grandkids my daughter posts on the network, and I respond when I'm "friended." My vision issues make using Facebook uncomfortable, and in my opinion, the word limit placed upon entries forces oversimplification and superficiality. I don't like texting for much the for the same reason, though I do it at times. Call me a dinosaur.
But past a certain point, we cannot swim against the tide of our culture, and for better or worse, social networking sites are part of the way we do things. So I did consider doing a Facebook page instead of a blog. The word limit on Facebook was the deciding factor. I prefer writing essays to captions. Facebook and blogspot are linked, so my Facebook friends can follow this blog if they want to.
Our plane departs at 5:30 tomorrow morning. In all likelihood, I will be unable to view either Facebook or this blog when I'm over in China. Dennis Cope will posting my entries.
No comments:
Post a Comment