gettin views

So I wanted to do another quick experiment and see if people actually read posts while they're scrolling down their news feed, I know I usually go past posts especially if they are really long because seriously? Use a journal!! Anyways so I posted a link to my blog to see how much traffic I would get and within 3 hours of posting that I had 25 views for that day. Apparently people do read posts!

somebody pay attention to me!

How do you get someone’s attention? In person you can yell out their name or tap their shoulder, you can call someone on the phone until they answer, leave voicemails, and send multiple texts. But how do you get someone’s attention on Facebook? You can "poke" them but chances are they won’t see that, I don't look at mine, you could message them but that also isn't super effective. The most effective, and slightly annoying way, is the like a whole bunch of things. My best friend Kenny was trying to get my attention yesterday because my phone had died, so I wasn’t texting him back and since he lives in Washington popping over to say hi is not an option...so instead he liked everything he could without being super creepy...I hadn’t check my Facebook in 15 hours and I had 48 notifications. You have my attention haha

finding out through facebook

So when I went completely off Facebook I didn’t check it, or post....nothing! Well now I’m back on, but not really posting because it’s kind of useless. ...that all changed yesterday- I’ll tell the dreadful story! So yesterday I drove up to Salt Lake City because my best friend from high school was having a hard time, it’s roughly 50 miles to my friend’s house but it’s fine because it’s a straight shot from my house to hers going down I-15. I get to her house and am literally only in the house for 5 minutes before her aunt comes running in and says "whose red car is that??" "Oh, that’s mine. Sorry I'll move it." "YOUR ENGINE JUST EXPLODED!" .....silence on my end as running out to the driveway to look at my car. It seriously blew....there was steam; it looked like smoke from my engine catching fire, and fluid EVERYWHERE! Coolant, water...everything but oil. So I freak out and call my mom, figure out exactly what I need to do and then get it done in a stressed out I didn’t plan on this manner. But I end up getting it towed off and into the shop. The purpose of this long story is that no one would have known about it except for my mom, dad, best friend, and her aunt. But instead ALL of my friends on Facebook knew and were suddenly super concerned because my friend put up a picture of my car. Facebook seems to unify our generation but now I don’t know my view on it. I still enjoy being on Facebook and being able to check up on all my friends...but that’s just it, checking up on. I can see everything my friends are doing or have been doing by just scrolling down my news feed. So right now I think it’s,
Facebook:1
Non-facebook:1
it’s a tie.

7 days in the dark!

So I have been off facebook for only 7 days so far and honestly it feels like a month. I got an email from facebook telling me that I had a lot of activity I needed to check...the email said that I have 3 friend requests, 5 messages, and 68 notifications...HOLY CRAP! its only been a week and I already have all that? Thats a crazy amount to me and it amazes me that facebook sends you an email when you havent been on in a while, they want you to be on all the time. I don't miss facebook though. Even though I have a crap ton of activity that I need to check and I've been off for a week I dont feel like any of my relations have been under strain. So looks like the older generation was wrong! facebook doesnt control our relationships!