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Nov26

Digital Creator

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Digital Creator

I recently accepted a friend request on Facebook from someone who I know personally as a retired teacher and a writer of science-fiction. Upon scrolling through his bio and posts, I encountered the term “digital creator.” As I’m not entirely familiar with that expression I decided to do some investigating.

A digital creator writes their own posts. A digital creator doesn’t just share posts that others have written. A digital creator produces original content. This can be in the form of writing, photos or videos. Live events also fall into this category.

A digital creator encourages followers to interact and engage in conversation rather than just react with a like or other emoji. Of course the content must be meaningful and have substance for that to happen. And it certainly does on my new friend’s newsfeed. Comments on posts are interesting and informative and well worth reading.

As my friends all know, I don’t usually scroll on Facebook. I post links to my blog and occasionally tag people in photos. I also check out a couple of writers’ groups I belong to. I do not consider myself to be a digital creator.

While I seldom scroll on Facebook, I just may make an exception and follow my new friend on Facebook. You see, normally I don’t follow people on Facebook. I have close to 600 friends on Facebook and I refuse to waste valuable time scrolling through all their posts. If it’s something important, send me a private message. Those I do check regularly.

A writer walks into a bar. The bartender asks, “Have you written your 1000 words today? You told me not to sell you a drink until you hit your word count goal for the day.” A writer walks out of a bar.

Happy Humpday!

Jun15

Why Did I Do That

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Why Did I Do That

I was sitting at the mall the other day and had a few minutes before my ride arrived. Why not? I’ll scroll through Facebook. I haven’t done that in a while. It didn’t take long before I remembered why I seldom do this. There are only twenty-four hours in a day and scrolling through Facebook is just too much of a timewaster. I prefer to interact with people in person, a far better option that merely reading post after post of mostly useless information.

Don’t people have anything better to do than to share a gazillion posts a day? Or to throw pity parties? Or to tell the world what they ate for lunch or dinner? And then there are the pics they post! Sometimes I honestly hope they get photoshopped and shared with the world on porn sites. And stop whining about politics, religion or how crazy our world is.

Instead of hiding away and living your life on social media, get with the program. There are real people out there who you could be talking to and spending time with. Go for a walk together. Go out for coffee. Go shopping. Do something worthwhile with that valuable time in your life.

What’s the best place in the house to hide from ghosts? The living room. Thank you Alexa. Even that corny joke is more intelligent than what some people post on Facebook.