As explained yesterday, major anniversaries are coming, or recently passed, for a number of the cloud services that I have long subscribed to. For example, X, formerly Twitter, reached 20 years on Christmas day. Yeah, I registered in 2005. YouTube will be two decades on July 20. Then there is Facebook—around October 1.
I don’t love Facebook. The user interface is needlessly complicated, which must mean that’s by choice. For one, co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is a socially handicapped geek, and he designed a social network that defines how people interact online? Seriously? For another, the company’s profit-driven business model is all about time online—how long can somebody stay engaged and exposed to advertising. Deliberate design helps achieve that objective, by making people click, click, click.
That’s one of several reasons why I iced my Facebook account in July 2019. Two days ago, I quietly reactivated—temporarily, at least, and maybe permanently. Too many friends or family members interact across Facebook’s socially awkward public square. Time comes to see whether their numbers, and quality of interacting/sharing, makes worthwhile the slogging along Zuckerberg’s social Frankenstein.
What does the Featured Image have to do with the return to Facebook? Absolutely nothing. I needed something to illustrate this post, and the bird—part of the alley art gallery—appeals to me. I used Nikon Zf and NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR lens to capture the moment on Nov. 13 ,2025. Vitals: f/6, ISO 250, 1/250 sec, 65mm; 10:42 a.m.