The Execution of My Facebook Account

In watching the Golden Globe Awards last night, I was somewhat amazed at the negativity (above and beyond the typical jabs aimed at our new President-elect) that was involved at Donald Trump.

It got me to thinking......how often do I speak positivity into another person's life?

The answer that I came up with was; not nearly enough. There is so much negativity in the world that it begins to drag me down personally. I do try to keep up with politics as much as possible, but (again) there's so much negativity involved that I can only take so much before I change the station to something more uplifting.
This is the main reason that I recently deactivated my Facebook account. This was my 2nd go around with the social media giant and I vowed to manage it more actively than I did the first time; no more blindly accepting every Friend request that comes down the street, unfollowing those with whom I am "friends" because of their constant bitching and complaining, and airing of their dirty laundry. But in the end, it proved to be too much for me to manage effectively. I found that I was giving too much time to the management of Facebook and the result was that I took from other areas of my life which are FAR more important.

Fake news was a buzz word in 2016 and Facebook has pledged to critique the news that they allow to be posted on the site. But maybe, just maybe, they should steer the conversation to a more positive place. Maybe that's too much of an infringement on one's 1st Amendment rights for those on the far Right......

I for one will stick to Twitter, which I find much more entertaining anyway.