So, I received a nice email inquiry from a special friend of mine just now. Here it is in its entirety. My response is below it. And, basically, I’m not just apologizing to my friend, but to all of you.
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Brian,
This afternoon I went on to facebook. My feed was overwhelmed by dozens of “Brian Williams shares a memory.” Barely anyone else’s posts got through. Do you do this? Is there a way to block it without blocking you and others’ shared memories?
Regards,
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Hey!
Huh! Well, I have to confess two things, in response to your question. Yes, each day, I get something (a reminder?) from FB showing me the “stuff” I posted on that day, a year, or two yrs, or x yrs ago. Secondly, I never counted how many “memories” I re-share each day, AND did NOT realize their effect until you brought it to my attn just now! I went back to my timeline just now, and counted up “exactly” how many “memories” I have re-shared during this past week, and Wow!, I agree, there were around three dozen (if not more). So, I can see how overwhelmed you are (and I appreciate you bringing it to my attention). I am speculating that if you don’t get onto FB on a daily basis, then it would “make sense” you would see a huge number of them appear “all at once”. I never knew or considered how it affected my friend’s “feed”, and definitely did not know it would cause my friends not to see their other friend’s posts, etc.
And, actually, there have been times, where I believe I have shared “lots” of stuff (non “memories”) in one sitting – again, not realizing how it’s seen on your side!
My humble apologies,
I am hopeful you read this response as me being sincere here.
I personally do not know the answer to your second question of how to block my re-shared memories, etc. Which is why I’m going to reduce my re-sharing of them.
Thank you very much for bringing this to my attn, and being polite about it.
Always, your friend,
Brian.
