If you got the impression I was somewhat upset at Facebook’s
decision to stop allowing third-party apps to post to a personal profile, you
were right. I still think it’s a stupid move, but it did shake me from the lethargy
that comes with conforming to habit rather than thinking. We don’t realize that
we are in that rut until something changes. Getting out of our comfort zone to
explore new things is necessary for individual growth,
but it’s not always intuitively obvious. Change alone for the sake of
changing won’t make anything positive happen. With the right perspective, every
setback can be an opportunity to refocus on objectives and plot a new course of
action.
The first and most
crucial decision was to overcome the initial reflex just to quit! Maybe there is an element of ego involved in putting
a piece of myself out there for all to see, but I honestly don’t believe I have
a tremendous following or that it casts me in some godlike status with my
peers. The truth is that I enjoy interacting with people. When I greet my friends
on social media with a silly animal tongue and the words, “Good morning
phfffffft!” it has grown into a sign of the need to start each day with a
smile. People send me messages and emails
with photos of funny road signs to add to
my collection of quips about confusing or conflicting traffic situations. I am always amazed at the collective creativity of
everyone commenting on my “Caption this Picture” posts every evening. It is fun
to do and with auto staging through Buffer on Sunday
before the week starts it doesn’t involve
heavy lifting.
The necessity to find
an appropriate platform to continue my posts took a bit of thinking.
Facebook is attempting to force my posting
format and others like it into groups or pages instead of using the personal profiles to do so. After looking into my
alternatives, with auto-posting as the primary
goal, I started experimenting with creating a blog-like page of my particular brand of humor. The attraction to my
geekiness resulted in the decision to create a page and all the benefits to me
as well as to Facebook. I can continue to do what I do, and they can continue
to encourage me to spend money with them. I need to flesh this out further
before I pay for the new page, but there
are reasons it could be worthwhile.
It is evident that
there are advantages to using a new blog page.
·
I can continue to post the same items through
Buffer or other platforms without violating any of Facebook’s arbitrary rules.
·
It will be possible to expand the use of my
thoughts and ideas using a page that I would never have been able to do in a
personal profile.
·
Those who have contributed to my Facebook posts
can not only continue to do so but may also add contributions in the same format to
further engage with this like-minded community.
·
In addition to my “day job” as depicted on my
company page, this fills a void for advertising my personal brand as a writer, blogger, and speaker.
Is there any better way to describe the ultimate variety of
humor mixed with everything else than to use the analogy of an information
buffet where it all comes together. I hope
that this will expand beyond something that is my sole input to a covered-dish kind
of presentation where everybody contributes to
the table. As moderator and head chef of the affair, I will open a new avenue
for people to approach me and for me to interact with a broader audience.
Search Facebook for
@TheDailySmorgasbord to join in. If it doesn’t work, and I can still pull the
plug!
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