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Originally when I viewed the Food Network's 'Cutthroat Kitchen' promotional ads last year, I thought that in particular with the chef with his mouth taped shut, that the program looked as stupid and ridiculous as anything I had ever seen on television.
A total and complete waste of time, basically.
However, viewing a few episodes now after work at home while having late night dinner; I admit the program is entertaining. It is actually a good wind down program that I look forward to after a stressful work day.
Once again a philosophical life lesson in being open-minded.
A Facebook Versus Blogger Dilemma
I have written two other main posts on the topic of Facebook and Blogger which can be found in my Blogger archives. I wrote a post on this blog April 1, 2009 and on my Dr. Russell Norman Murray blog, August 28, 2012.
Recently web searching on Google my full name, my new Facebook blog created to promote my Blogger blogs has been listed as high as first on the list. I do not write articles for the Facebook blog itself although I do post some comments original to the Facebook blog.
On the Google search the page is competing with the ten year old year academic Blogger blog with my full name and lists ahead of both of my Google+ pages which were also created in order to promote the Goggle/Blogger blogs.
Now of course we are not talking super-stardom here on any account...
Not even stardom.
This is promoting Theology, Philosophy of Religion and Biblical Studies and I do not pretend to have Ernest Angely like abilities, Joel Olsteen like charm or theology, thankfully, or easy read, easy fix theology for the public; although Satire And Theology would be slightly easier to read than my main academic blog.
And since I do not get up on stage and 'sing a ding' some worship songs, or preach 'fire and brimstone', or preach positive thinking or the neighbourhood of make-believe, I do not have a huge following and so finding new official followers is difficult, although I still have 15, 000 to 25, 000 readers a month.
21, 000 in August according to Blogger statistics.
I reason I must gain new readers.
Being single and with my reasoning within theology, philosophy and Bible, and with my martial arts regiment there may be from some segments irrational fears of attempts by me at marriage online as well, but I do not have an online marriage licence....
And how is a blood test done virtually? (I know that is old school).
Dilemma
Here is a recent link and example from my main Facebook page, not the blog, of the type of online interaction I could receive as far as comments on Facebook in comparison to Blogger.
Facebook friends, even if they are following in some format a Blogger blog are often more willing to comment on the far more social Facebook than the far more lonely desert of Blogger.
Facebook is a social hub.
Blogger is a social...dud?
Blogger is not a social hub, at least typically, although it can be a fine place for intellectual expression and interaction.
With Facebook comments they are from online friends and are non-spam or non-email, unlike many of my Blogger comments used for satirical and educational purposes.
However, Facebook and to a less extent Google+ is a social network for meeting people. I am not interested in turning either social networking site into a blogging forum with the potential very negative ramifications, some of which were demonstrated in the above link from Facebook.
I prefer to have my most potentially negative published material and my most potentially controversially material published on my Blogger blogs and to leave my social networks, especially Facebook, primarily for socializing.
This is a dilemma because potentially blogging full-time on Facebook would provide more human interaction with comments.
But it could also provide because of more human interaction on controversial subjects and material much more overall negativity.
It could potentially damage other social attempts. Employment prospects included.
I should also add that I like the more personalized Blogger templates for blogging as opposed to the standard Facebook page.
Therefore, the dilemma remains...
