Facebook Sucks
When Facebook went public and basically lost their shirts, they changed the way “business” sites were able to communicate on Facebook. Basically, if we want to be seen by our “fans”, we need to pay for the privilege. As I write this, 2,050 people have “liked” Hallee the Homemaker’s Facebook page. Yet, check out the number of people who viewed this post (on the bottom left of the picture):
28. Out of 2,050, only 28 people saw it.
Here’s another:
That one was seen by 50 people.
This one was my standard, “here’s the post for the day” Facebook post:
It got seen by 140 people.
Here is one I PAID to have promoted:
Because I paid, they allowed one-fourth of the people who have “liked” my Facebook page to see this post.
I’m pretty much done.
In the past, I often encouraged conversation on all of the social media sites, but Twitter and Google+ are full of so many people that your voice is just a whisper in the crowd. Now on Facebook, where it used to be fun to spark conversation, they have effectively shut the door in your face and blocked you from the crowd.
If I were a different kind of blogger, I’d ask you to “like” every post, comment often on Facebook, and increase my exposure that way. But, I know that you have lives, too, and that is just way more work than it’s worth.
I’ve developed a newsletter sign-up, where I will announce book news. And, I have this blog and my writing blog. But, as far as major social media interaction, it just can’t happen anymore because Facebook isn’t allowing it to happen. If you want to make sure you don’t miss any news or any posts, my suggestion is to subscribe to emails where you will get the blog in your email account the morning it posts and sign up for my newsletter. Because, while I will still maintain the Facebook account, I can’t guarantee that you’ll get to see anything on it.
Hallee
I’m so grateful for your visit, today.
You would bless me if you added me to your feed reader or subscribed
via email.
You can also become a fan on Facebook or follow me on
Twitter. I would love to see more of you!

I agree. They do suck. I’m getting less than a 1/4 of my fan views. That makes me want to scream. I’ve followed ALL the tips that Facebook gives to get your posts seen without paying…none of them work. None. It’s a big, fat, lie.
I’ve made myself learn Twitter and I’m actually starting to enjoy it because it’s like one big text message to anyone I want to talk to. :-)
But, I’m focusing on subscribers this year – just like you. That’s where it’s at.
RIP Facebook – you shot yourself in the foot. Idiots.
I totally understand and as a fan (who did see this post on facebook) I agree! I have to battle to see the posts from my favorite sites, often I have to just type in their name to find their page. I had really enjoyed using facebook as a kind of “blog reader” but that has stopped being useful. I will just go back to visiting my favorite blogs and sites and make use of Google Reader and my email. Thanks for sticking it out as long as you have, I’ll be back to your website regularly. :)
I had noticed that when I went to someone’s page lately, trying to see a post, they have been very hard to find lately, so difficult I would look to make sure the person was someone that I had friended, not just an “acquaintance.” Most of what I do catch I get from the right page feed, catching it quickly and clicking in the “comment” before it disappears. They have made finding comments seriously difficult.
I agree, Hallee! It’s so frustrating. My twitter account gains new followers every day (It’s still new, I’m only at around 370), but still there is very little interaction on my posts. Facebook was better, but like you…it’s to the point where I feel like I’m talking to myself because they don’t show your post unless there is interaction, but people can’t interact unless they actually see it…catch 22. I mean, I understand the concept to an extent…they measure how “popular” or important a post is by the percentage of people who interact with it after seeing it, but it just seems to be not working very well for most people. It’s affecting most bloggers I know though.
Hey Hallee! I so agree!!!! Facebook does suck! It’s all about the money! As I start my own online business I am so not in any hurry to get a Facebook account for it. This post and many others lead me to believe that it’s just not worth my time. Everyone says you can’t make it without FB, T, etc. I think I might just want to take that risk.
Agreed. And so disappointing! I put a lot of time and effort into my Facebook page for only a few views. I’ve been so excited to see my number of fans going up but still the views are so small. What’s the point?!
I don’t like Facebook anymore.
I love having all these bloggers replying to this post! It’s awesome. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to tell us about your Facebook issues, too.
I have always enjoyed receiving your post via RSS feed. Forget Facebook and move on :)