I'm caught up in the trap that can be social media. Over the course of the past 10 months, I've observed someone on my "friends" list go off and on FB multiple times a day and she never interacts with me. No "Likes" or "Comments" or anything. Recently I decided that since I joined the social media world of FB in order to interact with those called "friends" and this person was able to see my stuff, but never liking, commenting or interacting with me, it could only mean one thing.......that this "friend" was just spying on me. Was paranoia taking over? Maybe. So I made the move to put this person (I'll call Nancy) on the "Restricted" list. So she is still my so-called friend, but only sees a few token pictures on my FB page and nothing else. Being the sneak that Nancy is, she immediately discovered what I had done and has put me on her "restricted" page. This will probably make our human interactions awkward to say the least. If FB were never involved, neither of us would be any wiser to our true feelings about each other.....meaning we really do not like each other but pretend to publicly since we live in the same neighborhood. My husband says I should take her off my restricted list and pretend like nothing has changed. I think it is now too late for that and I'll just be the one to look silly for blocking and unblocking her. Yes, this is the trap that is FB and social media. Should I just keep things the way they are now.....or take her off the restricted list so she can see my stuff once again?
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