I am one of the few people left in the world who does not have a Facebook account.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe I\u2019ll get one one of these days.\u00a0 Right now, it seems like just one more thing to check.\u00a0 Still, I appreciate its potential for facilitating human interaction.\u00a0 Commenter Todd wrote me this message:<\/p>\n
In reading the comments about the decline of phone conversations, Facebook came up. I realized that, though I am friends with a few Cranach commenters on Facebook (Bror, FWS, Louis, WebMonk \u2026 that\u2019s all I can think of), I don\u2019t really know how to find other people I might talk to on a near-daily basis \u2014 on your site, that is. After all, we mainly use handles on your site, and even those using their real names aren\u2019t always easy to find elsewhere. I know I\u2019ve tried to find you on Facebook, but I never found an account I was sure was yours.<\/p>\n
Anyhow, not sure if anyone else wants to get connected via Facebook, but if this is of interest to you and you want to do a post about it, my Facebook account can be found at http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tstadler Or, you know, if you do have an account, you can add me, too. Or not. People use their accounts differently, I understand.<\/p>\n
\nBut I enjoy seeing what glimpses I can catch of people when they\u2019re not replying to a post or comment. It\u2019s not always the same picture you get from reading more argumentative writings. In fact, I can\u2019t remember the last political thing I said on Facebook. This might surprise some people.\nTodd in a later message said how he appreciated following and getting to know his frequent political nemesis Bror.\u00a0 \u201cAfter all, once you realize someone isn\u2019t just some political\/theological firebrand, easily pigeonholed and stereotyped, well, you tend to view them more as they are, as humans.\u201d<\/p>\n
So he is inviting you to \u201cfriend\u201d him.\u00a0 (Nouns as verbs!\u00a0 Hard for me to deal with!)\u00a0 Beyond that, he suggests that anyone who would welcome further contact with Cranach commenters could just post as a comment his or her Facebook URL.\u00a0 Whereupon you could friend and be friended.\u00a0 So if you\u2019d like to do that, do that!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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