Every day can bring new reasons to be positive, and to connected with yourself and the world. Unfortunately, every day can also bring myriad opportunities to confirm the world really has gone bat shit crazy.
Take a look at the screen shot I’ve posted below. This innocent looking post violates Facebook’s terms of use or service or appropriateness or whatever they want call it. When I clicked in the “click here to find out how we arrived at this decision” the answer is, “this post does violates our community standards.”
I’ve had issues before with anti-social media. I’ve posted literally hundreds of posts for ROAMcare with artwork I’ve generated myself to have several of them removed because of suspicions of being AI generated without declaration. I’ve had posts removed because they included links to websites and therefore are spam and I’m trying to “trick” people into clicking to potentially dangerous sites.
So far, Instagram and Blue Sky are the only sites that haven’t come up with some stupid excuse for removing or limiting any posts. Give them time.
Now, here’s the most annoying part of all this. We at ROAMcare make nothing from the site or posts. Nothing we do is monetized. We don’t ask people to for access, we sell no ad space. We don’t even ask people to “buy us a cup of coffee.” Everything we do is because we truly believe in what we post and publish and want to spread awareness that it is possible to be enthused about life.
Take the blog post that this post is about, Positively Powerful. A thoughtful discussion about the power of positive thought. Am much as I believe every word that we printed, I get increasingly discouraged by the blatant double standards of the social media world. Unfortunately, most of the outside traffic to our site is generated by the Facebook posts. Oh well.
Perhaps you can look at Positively Powerful or any of the other posts and clue me in on what community would be offended by our work. While you’re there, consider joining the ROAMcare community and subscribe to have Uplift delivered to your email as soon as it hits the website. In addition to an Uplift release every Wednesday, you will also receive weekly our Monday Moment of Motivation and the email exclusive Flashback Friday repost of one of our most loved publications every Friday. All free and available now at ROAMcare.org.
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Well, Michael, the fact that the hopeful, positive messages you post on the internet are questioned, deleted, or ignored just shows how desperately necessary it is to post things that uplift our souls. I’ve never heard of Blue Sky–you’re way more tech-savvy than I am–but people are genuinely missing out by not reading what you have to say. Your voice is a necessary one. You and Diem create marvelous blogs that speak to what we need. And this blog of yours is filled with fun and a chance to grin. Don’t quit just because others miss the hope and joy you bring. You’re a true day-brightener.
Thank you Dayle. Always a voice of encouragement! We hope for the day when we don’t have to rely on social media to spread awareness and let the site grow organically. Until then, it’s a necessary evil. We may though start being a little selective where we look for exposure.
I’m not on FB and am using Lent as my excuse to not be on Threads and Bluesky for a while. I’m chuckling about how something positive isn’t acceptable because that seems to sum up social media. Complain loudly and the algorithm loves you, share quietly and you are nothing.
I saw your note on Threads. My first thought to that was what a wonderful thing to abstain from. My second thought confirmed my first thought. I wonder what the algorithm would make of complaining loudly about there not being enough quiet sharing. Hmmm.
Oh that’s diabolical. I like it.
Maybe someday when I’m so bored I’d rather do anything than what I might be doing, or not doing, I’ll see what plot I can hatch to drive the algorithm batty.
I hear you…makes no sense. I chuckled with agreement when I read this: “So far, Instagram and Blue Sky are the only sites that haven’t come up with some stupid excuse for removing or limiting any posts. Give them time.” The wacky irony is that your lovely Roamcare posts provide inspiration and positivity…a reminder that SM is stupid as is all the underlying algorithmic crapola. 😣
Why the sad face. The biggest smile I’ve smiled today came after reading “SM is stupidly.” You really needed a few dozen exclamation marks following that. 😃
And seriously, thank you. We do what we can to keep things positive. There’s never a dearth of need, that’s for sure!
Thanks for the smiles…hope you’re taking good care! 🥰🥰🥰
I’m doing my best
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