Dear Friends
Facebook In Particular

Sorry if I seem sad today
But my Facebook friends seem to be frowning too
For my articles they seem not to be able to get through to
Please help them Vocal Media
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You see the attack from AI
Left them with pie in their eyes
And they cannot get through
To the articles that were sent through
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The links were correct
But there is still a mess
That is turning smiles upside down
Yes, turning smiles into a frown
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They see the link and they wait
They see just a moment
And they wait
They click on the link
And they wait
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If that wasn't enough of a wait
Now it comes up - verify you are human
Now you have to check a box
A long process to just read
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And if they haven't been deterred by now
And sometimes it does bring up the article
However, sometimes it doesn't
And it comes up - PAGE NOT FOUND
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Vocal - Please what's up with that.
Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't
And so much for the external reads
And how about my Facebook followers
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How about myself not being able to get on to my own account
It says there is some type of a problem
What happened to the good old days
When the links bought up the photo of the article
And you didn't get paused for just a moment
And you only had to click on the photo on instant message
And you could share your articles with your facebook following
And you could earn from external reads
That is the only reason I joined vocal- to share my content with my facebook following. One has even joined herself so she could comment.
Oh how I yearn for the good old days.
Vocal - Please bring them back.
About the Creator
Susan Payton
I love to write in every venue. I am 75 years old and try to make every day count,. I am learning a great deal about poetry on Vocal, and I am glad to be here.
Reader insights
Nice work
Very well written. Keep up the good work!
Top insight
Heartfelt and relatable
The story invoked strong personal emotions





Comments (17)
Wow fab one ♦️🌟♦️
Ah, so painfully relatable!!
And congratulations on TS! 🎉
Everything is actually collapsing.
O so in the past, fb followers were able to read articles from Vocal! That was nice. Am new here. And every login I have to verify that am a human 😀🤗
Hi Susan. Seema from Medium. Nice to meet you here. Everything is collapsing, with little regard for writers.
Such a creative poem!
Right vocal! Stop acting up. Love your poem, congratulations on top story.
Very well written, congrats, you can also check my site if you want 😊🙏
The content focus here relates to every Vocal member who remembers how things used to be. The good ol' days...what a wide range of life applicability. Congratulations Top Story-an!
Congratulations Susan, well done!
I like your smile pieces, you should write more!
Our frustrations should be focused on the ones who are using Vocal as a cash cow or for their Ai contented stories. However we get upset at the very place that is dealing with the hackers. Safety comes at a price and fir us it appears to be glitches and sign in changes. I feel your pain and hope this does not affect this platform too negatively
Thanks for sharing your frustrations! I recently had my first day of 0 reads, and I can’t help but wonder if it's due to the same issues you’ve outlined here.
I don't like that checkmark either - one more click to get there. I don't like the folks have to create an account to comment on stories.
I feel for you , but a great way of expressing our feelings
I will be so glad when this nightmare weekend is over. It has been so frustrating.