Facebook Politics ("The Facebook Thing" Part 3)
"Have you ever heard of insect politics? Neither have I. Insects don't have politics. They're very brutal. No compassion, no compromise." - Brundlefly "The Fly" (1986) Facebook is a happy place. I'm not sure if I have covered that. If I haven't, then yes , it is a happy place. We post things about our vacations, the foods we eat and the friends we 'hang with' along the way. I don't know if people still do it - since I've ceased to receive Christmas cards - but there used to be this thing that circulated where family members wrote letters updating others on their activities throughout the year. It was greeted with the same anticipation as a dose of The Clap. And the vacation slide shows. Those were great invitations to receive, too. "Hey, come over and look at photos of all the places you didn't go." Combine those two things, and you have The Facebook Experience. That's the "happy ...