My Facebook (here, if you're interested) is the one for my author persona and as such I have accepted a lot of friend requests from some very strange people. Many of them are trying to sell me stuff, some are fellow authors and there are the usual selection of weirdos who target anyone with a female name. Last time I found a number for my friend list, the amount allowed was 5k and I had about 4.5k. I thought that I had better cut it down so every day I got to the 'it's their birthday' list and really look at the people there.
There's a risk that I'm losing people that I like, and if you find me disappearing, please tell me off and put in a friend request. I don't want to lose real friends. But I've already pruned dozens from the list since the 1st of January. Some of them are inactive. One had a birthday greeting from me as their most recent entry - from 2019! Other accounts have been taken over by spam and I've cut those as well. I've come across two people who have died. I didn't know them, not as people I had a lot of contact with, so I thought it was respectful to leave their account. It's been interesting. I wonder how many are leaving Facebook now because of the algorithms. I'll be honest, I'm wondering where else I can go that allows me to chat to other authors and friends from other countries in the same way. Something else that this process has allowed - I've been reminded of amazing people and found some wonderful posts along the way.
Writing stuff - the latest instalment from the White Hart is here.
Hugs and good health to all.
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