The One Thing I’ve Never Done On Facebook

When I first discovered Facebook I started a personal page and never looked back at it after a few days. I pretty much did everything I wanted to do through the other pages. Then the RockShow switched to a fan page from a personal page and that's when I took over the RockShows personal page (because I used my personal info, phone, etc. on that page).  I then dumped everyone out TWICE because I didn't want people confusing my personal stuff with RockShow or FMX stuff.  Even with all of this, in about the decade that Facebook has been around, there's one thing I have NEVER done.  Can you guess what it is?

This isn't much of a mystery, and you won't believe it, but I have NEVER sent a friend request (at least not intentionally).  Here's the deal.  I have the radio stations page to post most opinions and fun stuff.  This leaves only extreme and very personal stuff for my personal page.  I think think this gives people a skewed picture of who I am.  I'm actually more of the fun loving guy that I USUALLY am on the FMX page.  Then again, on my personal page I don't mind sharing old songs that would never fit on FMX.  I used to be very militant about my personal beliefs, but I backed off that a bit.  Even then, it can be a bit much for people.  I do people the favor of defriending them if I know my stuff is going to offend them.  This all adds up to why I've never sent a friend request, I want people to know exactly what they are getting into if they choose to be on my feed.  In other words, if you're on my feed, then YOU ASKED FOR it.

Now this bothers me just a tad bit, because I don't want people to think I'm anti-social and and that I don't want to meet or connect with people, I just want it to be their choice, not mine. Meaning, don't be offended if I didn't send you a request, I've NEVER sent one.

So if you happen to be an old friend, a longtime listener or someone who isn't easily offended and want to connect, then you can do that here.  Just remember that this is Facebook, it's not real life. It's one dimension of a person and like some friendships, in some occasions it's just not going to work out.