Then Facebook decided to make me link all of my interests, music, movies, workplaces, etc. to public pages instead of just making it available to my friends. According to the Facebook Blog, this was supposed to be "connecting to everything you care about." When I didn't want to connect to everything I care about, all of my personal information was deleted.
As far back as there were opportunities to become "fans" of things, and more recently, to "like" them, I have refused. As more and more people became fans of "not lighting yourself on fire" and even things normal and non-idiotic like "The Indianapolis Colts" (or replace that with your favorite sports team), I held fast to my resolve. Yeah, I'm stubborn ... but I just didn't want to, and I was not going to start even if one of my good friends wanted me to become a fan of their business or band. They would understand that I loved them anyway, without my Facebook "liking."
That is why I found this Facebook change so unacceptable. They were going to make me connect with pages whether I liked it or not. And of course, no one was going to force this chica to change.
Another reason I don't want to link up to other people who shared my interests? Back when I was able to list things on my own, I had listed things that were a little off the wall, but that my friends would understand.
Like air conditioning.
People who know me would likely understand that I was being a little random ... expressing my hatred of humidity and 90 degree temperatures by saying that air conditioning was an interest of mine. But if I allowed Facebook to link that interest to a page about "air conditioning" where other people could connect with me, I would likely be randomly connected to HVAC technicians and the like. Some friends once told me blogs need visuals:
You get the idea ... No, thank you.So, now all my profile shares is the default pieces of "basic info," the bio I had written, and of course, contact info ... because Facebook wants to make sure it provides any chance possible to maybe get your contact info out there to the public at large. You can't even list your school info.
UNCOOL FACEBOOK. UNCOOL.
Wonder if it will even continue to import my notes from blogger ...
