Question: Facebook as a blog site?

Many people don't use it. I for one do not. You can NOT opt out of being connected to everything once you sign on just to be able to read something. It sends you notices, you can't stop likes, etc. etc, etc.....

I had a dang real estate company search and snag my info from a house I had for sale. They posted a like and there was all my personal info. AND you can NOT delete it from the facebook page.

So IMHO get a website dot com for 10 bucks a year from Godaddy and place your blog there. I would read your blog if it was on a personal website. :W

BroncosFan wrote:
" The problem with using facebook is that not everyone is on it."

You don't have to be registered or participate if the owner does not lock it to the public. How many companies have a public viewable facebook:@ there are many that are a blog open to the public.

Thanks BroncosFan...

My Facebook address is in my signature line and the account is open to the public...anyone can see all of the content...I do have some photo albums that are closed to me...only because they represent work that I did a very long time ago and family photos.

On another note...you don't have to be a Facebook Friend to get updates...you sign on as a "follower"...I have some 50 people who follow The Digital Guy.

" The problem with using facebook is that not everyone is on it."

You don't have to be registered or participate if the owner does not lock it to the public. How many companies have a public viewable facebook:@ there are many that are a blog open to the public.

BobsYourUncle wrote:
The problem with using facebook is that not everyone is on it.
And many people such as myself have no interest in participating in facebook.

So if you post a link to a "blog", any non member will only get a screen inviting them to sign up for an account. They will not see the content you are trying to present.

I have had many people try to send me a page to look at and because I don't do facebook, I cannot view it.

Thanks for your note. I can understand some people not wanting "to do" Facebook...I have good friends who don't. My thinking is I don't want to investigate, learn and build a separate blog. I would post my comments into Facebook. There would be no link sent anywhere. I've got 2000 friends who have hundreds and thousands of friends. Given the message I want to get out, and the amount of sharing that can occur is why I'm considering Facebook.

The "Baby Girl" story is incredible. Her rescue and her new life is worth telling. I've said for a long time, that training canines is no different than teaching children (I taught in Elementary school for 11 years). For now, this approach is high on my "possibility" list. All comments are definitely appreciated.

BobsYourUncle wrote:
The problem with using facebook is that not everyone is on it.
And many people such as myself have no interest in participating in facebook.

So if you post a link to a "blog", any non member will only get a screen inviting them to sign up for an account. They will not see the content you are trying to present.

I have had many people try to send me a page to look at and because I don't do facebook, I cannot view it.

This is incorrect if you use a Facebook page and not your regular Facebook account. Maybe some of you have never tried it, but there are thousands of businesses that use Facebook pages as part of their advertising; it wouldn't make any sense if pages were restricted to Facebook members only. For example, here's a page we go to often: Sierra Trading Post

Facebook pages can have their own unique URL so you can link to them. Just look at the link in my signature.

One other thing that's nice is that you can make a page open to anyone while still retaining whatever privacy settings you want for your own Facebook account.

Jo,

Thanks so much for your comments. I've done photography for over 30 years. When I retired, I began the Facebook site promoting myself at the "Digital Guy". It has had it's ups, but now is taking more time than I want to invest. When I became a foster parent to Baby Girl, she weighed maybe 18 lbs...she is now over 50...healthy, spoiled and very spoiled. But she listens, and over 3 years I ridded her of many of her agressions. It is this story that I want to tell. While I don't personally know each of my 2000 Facebook Friends, I'm thinking the potential reach is amazing. My story might turn on someone to rescue. We have just completed 4 months of traveling with a circus (I was the school teacher)...my very best stories are "Baby Girl" stories.

Baby Girl never has a bad day...and she makes every one of my days much better!!!

The problem with using facebook is that not everyone is on it.
And many people such as myself have no interest in participating in facebook.

So if you post a link to a "blog", any non member will only get a screen inviting them to sign up for an account. They will not see the content you are trying to present.

I have had many people try to send me a page to look at and because I don't do facebook, I cannot view it.

Mike, I am thinking of doing the same when we go fulltime next May.
I already have a FB page but DH does not.
But looking at doing a separate blog looks really time consuming. And like you said already using FB and know how it works. I think what we are going to do is just set up another FB account with our travels and maybe lock it.(or not)
Invite family & friends that want to follow our adventures.
Jo