Tag: friends

A Prayer for a Friend

Posted on by Jeff Cassman

Dear Heavenly Father,

In the serene embrace of Your infinite grace, I pen this humble letter, a prayer from the depths of my heart, reaching out to You on behalf of ________. Your omniscience sees beyond my words, knowing the essence of my intentions before they are even formed.

O Lord, the Fountain of all Goodness, I beseech You to bestow upon__________ a cascade of Your choicest blessings. May Your light perpetually shine upon her, guiding her steps on the path of righteousness and peace. Grant her the strength to face the trials and tribulations of this world, with unwavering faith and hope anchored in Your divine providence.

Bless her, O Divine Benefactor, with the wealth of good health, that her body may be a temple of the Holy Spirit, vibrant and full of life, to serve You and Your creation with zeal and joy. Shower upon her the gift of wisdom, that in all things, she may seek Your will, discerning the good and choosing the right, a beacon of Your truth amidst the shadows of uncertainty.

Surround her, O Father, with loving relationships that reflect Your own love for us—relationships that nourish, challenge, and grow in the soil of mutual respect and affection. In times of loneliness or despair, remind her of Your constant presence, that she is never truly alone, for You are with _________, her rock and her comforter.

Provide for ______, O Lord, according to her needs, not only in material sustenance but also in … Read the rest

You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook; Here’s How to Cull the Dead Weight

Posted on by Jeff Cassman

I unfriended 60 people today. And yesterday. And the day before that. Well, yesterday it was more than 60 because I removed a badly behaved cleric.

Why?

It’s not because they’re Distributists, Sedes, Flat Earthers or Liberals (although I’m sure some % are). It’s because I have this neat little Chrome plugin that tells me who, among my 5,000 friends, do not ‘like’, comment or share my posts. Ever.

In other words, I friended them or they friended me but they never engage with me. Some of them are just stalkers. Others are people who want to unfriend me but politics cause them to merely unfollow (this is mostly family).

Here’s the rub: the way the Facebook algorithm works is that your posts are shown to your friends proportionate to your friends’ engagement your content, and so when people engage, your posts are shown to ever more people, and when they don’t engage, FB stops showing them.

(So if you post and are disappointed at how many of your friends seem to see it, now you know why).

Out of 5,000 friends (as of two weeks ago), 60% had not engaged with a single post in 60 days. I thought that was bad, although it turns out my posts perform very well for an audience of that size.

So what’s the solution? Culling.

Therefore, every day I remove 60 inactive friends at random. Actually, I push the button, and the plugin does the work. In a month I will have … Read the rest