Facebook’s Social Suicide for Bloggers

I’m going to be incredibly un-sexy for a moment. We (meaning you and me) have put a lot of fun into connecting on Facebook. I post something, you respond and then we banter back and forth.

Usually we laugh together and it’s awesome.

Sometimes you even pick my outfits.

But now Facebook is being even more stupid than usual and we’re missing each other. Which means we’re playing Facebook tag, which is worse than phone tag because I can’t text or leave you a probably-won’t-check-it voice mail. So, if you would be so kind as to visit The Six Year Itch page and click on “Liked” and then check off “Show in Newsfeed,” I would send you a thousand virtual hugs and, if you’re a regular here, you know how much I don’t really like those.

I’ve even provided a picture, so you can see what I mean:

 

 

Okay, now back to our regularly schedule awesomeness.  Here’s something to make both of us feel less stabby over the Social Death Star.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sidebar: If you currently run a Facebook page as a blogger, company, or whatever else you’re doing — maybe you’re the one behind Cats That Look Like Hitler —  less people are seeing your updates despite the fact that they want to.

5 Responses to “Facebook’s Social Suicide for Bloggers”
  1. Jeanne

    Whoa- thank you for this info! I’m just going to lift this entire idea from you and post one on my own blog if you don’t mind!

    Geez, facebook. Why you gotta play me like that?

    • Liz

      I know, RIGHT.

      I really wouldn’t care if there wasn’t such an amazing group of people over there who did the unexplainable and liked the blog. And Facebook is the biggest driver of traffic beyond Google, so I doubly have to give a shit.

      I really didn’t think the Sponsored Posts thing was going to be an issue, but it is. I went from double digit comments to two. That’s a problem. I wrongly assumed that if you write content that’s share worthy everything would take care of itself. Sure, if those people visit your blog first. How my blog works, in general, is write >> FB post it >> readers come on over. But not if they can’t fucking see it in their News Feed.

  2. Mary Anne

    OK-just found you and your blog (s) JUST WHAT I NEEDED!!! Facebook has been so flaky lately-I also put my mom in Facebook Timeout yesterday for creeping on my newsfeed.
    Anyhoo….
    Mary Anne recently posted..I Put my mom in facebook jailMy Profile

  3. Jen at PIWTPITT.com

    Facebook blows. I am so irritated by how little they help bloggers get the word out. Bunch of asshats. Just found you through my new BFF: Twitter.

    • Liz

      Love Punch in the Throat. Your Elf on a Shelf: Brilliant. I think Elf and Facebook should mate and make a love child of epic douchery. Because, when you think about it, isn’t it like having a little Zuckerburg on your shelf?

      Now I am going to have nightmares based off of my own joke.

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