Thank heaven I don't suffer from paranoia

Chatting with a friend on Facebook this morning. I discovered that my posts were not appearing on my timeline. I came to find out about this when I told him to check out this video of Russell Brand I had just posted. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADJhErmJuoQ or http://www.upworthy.com/when-the-most-professional-person-on-your-show-is-the-guest-its-time-to-pack-it-in?c=ufb1

Brand really showed the programme anchor and co hosts  up so brilliantly. They kept referring to him as though he was not there and saying "he" when referring to him instead of using his name. He told them that that showed bad manners and boy was he right. He also showed up the superficiality and lack of tackling the really serious issues. Anyway, you should watch the video. The really good bits are nearer the end.

But back to FB "Not there" my friend told me. "Try my Timeline" I responded. "None of your posts are showing up" he told me, adding, "do you ever get an likes or comment on your posts?" Well funny he should mention that, I don't. I had just assumed people just were not interested in what I had to say, I did not for a moment take it as a personal affront.

On the other hand, I am now thinking that people might have got the wrong impression of me (on FB) as someone who wants to know what everyone is up to, yet not divulging any of my info. Then reading that "The State Department spent more than $630,000 on advertising campaigns to boost the number of Facebook 'likes' for the agency's pages on the website", according to a report released by the agency's inspector general.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/04/state-department-spent-630k-on-facebook-likes-report-says/?intcmp=trending#ixzz2Y4aItiJk

I also came to realise that I also had not fully understood the potenial power of "likes"