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Dear Friends

Facebook In Particular

By Susan PaytonPublished 10 months ago 1 min read
Top Story - March 2025
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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.

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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.

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  • Marie381Uk 9 months ago

    Wow fab one ♦️🌟♦️

  • J. R. Lowe10 months ago

    Ah, so painfully relatable!!

  • Susan Fourtané 10 months ago

    And congratulations on TS! 🎉

  • Susan Fourtané 10 months ago

    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 😀🤗

  • Seema Patel10 months ago

    Hi Susan. Seema from Medium. Nice to meet you here. Everything is collapsing, with little regard for writers.

  • Anna 10 months ago

    Such a creative poem!

  • L.I.E10 months ago

    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 Dani Writer10 months ago

    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!

  • Calvin London10 months ago

    Congratulations Susan, well done!

  • Melissa Ingoldsby10 months ago

    I like your smile pieces, you should write more!

  • JBaz10 months ago

    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

  • Sandy Gillman10 months ago

    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.

  • Andrea Corwin 10 months ago

    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

  • Mother Combs10 months ago

    I will be so glad when this nightmare weekend is over. It has been so frustrating.

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