Update: The day after abandoning my Facebook page
My first full day without my Facebook page is going well and the experience feels differently than I'd imagined, which I'll explain in a moment. I heard from many fellow journalists yesterday after posting my detailed reasoning for shrugging off the "Pages" system Facebook wants us to use-- in favor of simply creating a second account , wanting to know how this goes. READ: WHY I KISSED MY FACEBOOK PAGE GOODBYE It's a proposition that puts me at risk of being found in violation of Facebook's terms of service, though I sincerely hope not. FIRST, THE NUMBERS! As I write this, my new account is up to 275 friends and a handful of subscribers. Which means on just the first day, I'm at 71 percent of the total connections (386) I had on my fledgling page before I abandoned it. I've had a steady flow of friend requests since then, and Facebook made it pretty easy to grow my audience by suggesting all kinds of friends for me. I was giddy to dis