Detailed response to Kostya’s comment on why I run a blog or write on Facebook. There’s a well-formed logic behind it.
Curiosity. Different people react differently to new things. Some don’t notice it at all, some notice, wonder, and then immediately switch to something else. But someone like me goes straight to Google to understand the reasons, the context, and to incorporate new knowledge into an existing system. This requires additional efforts and time, but it’s hard for a curious person to just drop the subject, it’s simply interesting. When you figure something out, it’s convenient to record and structure information in real time: besides posts in FB, I make use of various mind maps for this purpose, for example. Well, having figured it out, okay, but why write about it on Facebook after?.. And here it’s because it seems that a journalist still lives somewhere inside me. Since the information is there and it’s easy to share, pourquoi pas? Plus, the comments from friends are almost always very valuable. Example – various posts about traffic rules, national parks, all sorts of everyday stuff like American sockets or stores.
The second type of posts – just for lulz. The presence of such posts is usually explained by a very simple process of sharing something funny. If it required even a bit more effort (come home, download photos from the memory stick, process them) – there would be much less of that.
The third type of posts – photo albums for memory. Photography is one of my hobbies, and it’s nice for others to see good pictures, and I enjoy when they are well received or constructively criticized (then I learn and do better next time). Many are interesting to revisit, and Facebook is not the most inconvenient tool for this (although it has its own quirks – try deleting 50 erroneously uploaded photos en masse, for instance). Example – photographs from the Grand Canyon or sailing on the Kruzenshtern in the Baltic.
The fourth type of posts – public report of achievements or public commitment to achievements. This helps me not to give up on sports or music, even when there’s not enough time. Right now, I haven’t published anything from the drawings or my keyboard playing for several months. Either I don’t like the result, or simply don’t have the time. But someday there will be, for me it’s a motivator to move forward and find the time.
The fifth type of posts – when advice or help is needed in making a decision. I try to use this type of posts rarely and only when really needed. For my friends to see such posts at all, according to Facebook’s logic, all the above listed are needed.
Periodically, I share links – most often so as not to forget something interesting myself. Facebook finally implemented a search by posts, and if I need to return to something in the future, I find it faster in my own feed by some clues, keywords, than in the global internet.
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