{"id":18382,"date":"2021-08-10T07:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T14:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=18382"},"modified":"2021-08-10T07:05:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T14:05:27","slug":"overnight-news-none-so-deserving-when-facebook-put-me-in-my-place-it-moved-itself-one-space-closer-to-myspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/18382\/overnight-news-none-so-deserving-when-facebook-put-me-in-my-place-it-moved-itself-one-space-closer-to-myspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Overnight News: None so deserving: When Facebook put me in my place, it moved itself one space closer to\u00a0MySpace."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_16586\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16586\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ya think it's easy?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cWho <u>welcomes<\/u> abuse?\u201d<\/p><\/div>As I mentioned, I got thrown off of Facebook for three days, giving me time to think about what I want to do with them.<\/p>\n<p>(Would-be closers take note: Giving the customer time and reason to think about killing your deal is contra-indicated.)<\/p>\n<p>When Amazon shivved Parler, we had to rethink them, too. We can&#8217;t get all the way rid of them, so we cut our annual spend by around 90%, moving those purchases to other vendors.<\/p>\n<p>I think I&#8217;m going to do the same with Facebook. I like the families and pets stuff, but I&#8217;m going to move everything else here or to <a href=\"https:\/\/gab.com\/GregSwann\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gab.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What makes a happening hotspot work? Everything has to work. What makes it fail? When the people who once thought it was hot decide it&#8217;s no longer working. Driving away reliable content creators is how Facebook will join MySpace, in due course.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>In other news:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Housing Wire:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.housingwire.com\/articles\/soaring-home-prices-spooking-buyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soaring home prices are spooking buyers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mike DelPrete:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mikedp.com\/articles\/2021\/8\/9\/ibuyers-paying-above-market-and-reselling-for-more-upside\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iBuyers: Paying Above Market and Reselling For More Upside.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Helen Raleigh:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/08\/10\/suni-lees-olympic-triumph-is-more-evidence-american-meritocracy-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suni Lee\u2019s Olympic Triumph Is More Evidence American Meritocracy Works.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>City Journal:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/biden-electric-vehicle-executive-order-could-prove-counterproductive.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Costly and Counterproductive: An executive order to mandate electric-vehicle sales presents economic and environmental problems.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Heritage Foundation:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/progressivism\/commentary\/judge-defends-equal-justice-against-tide-critical-race-theory-disparate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Judge Defends Equal Justice Against Tide of Critical Race Theory, Disparate Impact.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWho welcomes abuse?\u201dAs I mentioned, I got thrown off of Facebook for three days, giving me time to think about what I want to do with them. (Would-be closers take note: Giving the customer time and reason to think about killing your deal is contra-indicated.) When Amazon shivved Parler, we had to rethink them, too. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,26,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-group-therapy","7":"category-lending","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-real-estate","11":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3282,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3282\/casual-friday-caption-this-photo\/","url_meta":{"origin":18382,"position":0},"title":"Casual Friday: Caption this photo","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My entry: \"Because I happen to like Argyle socks, that's why!\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Casual Friday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3822,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3822\/caption-this-photo-president-bush-at-the-olympics\/","url_meta":{"origin":18382,"position":1},"title":"Caption this photo: President Bush at the Olympics","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"My entry: \"A gentleman always makes eye-contact.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Casual Friday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8385,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8385\/caption-me-this-magnum\/","url_meta":{"origin":18382,"position":2},"title":"Caption Me This Magnum","author":"Brian Brady","date":"May 13, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"My vote?\u00a0 \"Who let Higgins in to your closet, Thomas? \" Sometimes, you just gotta have a sense of humor.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Casual Friday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3289,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3289\/shout-out-a-toast-to-life-abundant-and-caption-this-photo\/","url_meta":{"origin":18382,"position":3},"title":"Shout out a toast to life abundant &#8212; and caption this photo","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 28, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Sez me: \"Bill Gates stole this facial expression from me and I want it back!\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Casual Friday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14685,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14685\/caption-obama-before-his-face-freezes-like-that\/","url_meta":{"origin":18382,"position":4},"title":"Caption Obama &#8212; before his face freezes like that.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"June 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"My vote: \"I don't get it. This stunt always used to work with my Gammy.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Big Mother&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Big Mother","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/big-mother\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8372,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/8372\/caption-this-photo-todd-carpenter-at-the-nar-mid-year-flamboozlepalooza\/","url_meta":{"origin":18382,"position":5},"title":"Caption this: Todd Carpenter at the NAR Mid-Year flamboozlepalooza","author":"Greg Swann","date":"May 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"My votes: \"MIBOR? That's above my pay grade.\" And: \"No, this is not a clip-on tie!\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Casual Friday&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18383,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18382\/revisions\/18383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}