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I am feeling a bit self-conscious these days.<\/p>\n

Why is that? Well, I’ve been pretty active on Facebook for about five years or so. I’ve developed a pretty healthy list of “friends,” many of whom are actual friends; others of them are “friends” only according to Facebook parlance.<\/p>\n

Of late, some of my friends have expressed concern — some of them outright anger — over the politicization of this particular social medium. They don’t like all the politics being spouted on what is supposed to be a place for people to connect, interact socially and exchange good tidings.<\/p>\n

I use Facebook, though, as a vehicle on which to distribute my blog. Many folks who read High Plains Blogger’s musings\/spewage\/commentary do so on Facebook.<\/p>\n

High Plains Blogger is meant to be a platform to talk about politics, public policy and what I call “life experience.” You get plenty of politics and policy, for sure. You also get a decent dose of life experience as I enjoy writing about upcoming retirement, and\u00a0ownership of a rambunctious puppy.<\/p>\n

In order to boost my blog traffic, I like using Facebook — along with Twitter, LinkedIn and Google — to spread whatever word I feel like spreading at the moment. Indeed, my Twitter feed is linked also to my Facebook feed. Therefore, when I tweet about this and\/or that political event, it goes to Facebook, too.<\/p>\n

I should add that I generally don’t post things exclusively on Facebook that deal with politics, although I do admit to “sharing” others’ political points of view.<\/p>\n

The day might arrive when I get so much blog traffic that I no longer feel the need to use Facebook to transmit High Plains Blogger’s message — whatever it is.<\/p>\n

My particular problem, though,\u00a0might be in determining when I’ve gotten enough traffic, that I longer need to distribute it on other social media.<\/p>\n

Perhaps that day will arrive when I’ve decided I’ve got enough money.<\/p>\n

For now and perhaps for the foreseeable future, I guess you’ll have to bear with me.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, I also will just have to deal with my self-consciousness.<\/p>\n\n

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