tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post2833105199459788372..comments2024-03-20T06:55:57.193-07:00Comments on Born to Blog by Beth Kaplan: Giving Voicebethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-69295156266935780712020-12-17T06:18:11.978-08:002020-12-17T06:18:11.978-08:00I've heard "Caste" is a fantastic bo...I've heard "Caste" is a fantastic book. Happy holidays to you too.bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-47167443804619743632020-12-17T02:13:16.508-08:002020-12-17T02:13:16.508-08:00For ethical reasons, I could never use FB, a corpo...For ethical reasons, I could never use FB, a corporation whose ad campaign helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election. A corporation who harvested the data of 87 million user profiles without their permission and who stokes political tension at home and ethnic violence abroad.<br /><br />“Facebook has become a breeding ground for pernicious posts about the Rohingya (minority ethnic group), by allowing the dissemination of propaganda saying everything from the Rohingya are burning their own villages, to showing bodies of soldiers who may be from other conflicts but saying this is the result of a Rohingya attack."<br /><br />But y'know what? The majority of FB users don't care, they just don't give a damn. I guess in a roundabout way you could say they’re enablers.<br /><br />As for me, I bought myself a book for Christmas - Isabel Wilkerson's Caste; not the e-book but a real, old-fashioned paper version and I will sit in a comfy chair over the holidays, turn off all the external noise-static-information overload that, frankly, nobody needs, to read in silence and actually learn something. <br /><br />In the end, there's something terribly empty and draining about social media, not to mention a colossal waste of my precious time.<br /><br />Happy holidays.<br /><br />Juliet<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-28795250738528110732020-12-16T06:51:57.814-08:002020-12-16T06:51:57.814-08:00Ah yes, Juliet, I love checking in with FB and Twi...Ah yes, Juliet, I love checking in with FB and Twitter, and Instagram too, seeing what my kids have posted and their friends and my friends and various political and artistic figures I admire and follow. I've also found it necessary to use Amazon delivery sometimes, and will have to upload my audiobook onto Amazon's platform Audible. These behemoths are not going away and can be valuable tools. When your book is published, you might be tempted to seek readers via FB and Twitter. bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122791819498272634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-667348909154981284.post-75809118208939363962020-12-16T06:30:09.499-08:002020-12-16T06:30:09.499-08:00Spend the day with FB and Twitter? Seriously?Spend the day with FB and Twitter? Seriously?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com