My opinion about FB varies from day to day. As a private person, I don't like the fact that anything you post in a public group or on your page can be seen (and reacted to) by pretty much everybody in the world. I solve this problem by posting mostly in private groups. Private groups are invisible to everybody except the group's members. And as Joanne said, there's a group for just about any hobby you might have.

I also don't like the information overload. Every time you "friend" someone, everything they post shows up in your daily feed. I solve this problem by unfollowing people as soon as they become FB friends. Unfollowing people keeps them in my friend list so I can contact them easily if necessary, but it stops everything they post from showing up in my feed. Sorry, I don't care where you went on holiday or what you had for breakfast.

These two strategies make FB much more user friendly to me, as I can log in daily without being overwhelmed by stuff I don't want to see, and I rarely have to deal with snarky comments, because most of what I post is invisible to the world.

On the positive side, FB provides an unparalleled opportunity to promote yourself if you are trying to get your music (or other art) noticed. The same connectivity that makes it annoying in terms of info overload makes it useful in terms of exposing the world to whatever you want them to see.

For example, if you want to stream music performances and want to have an actual audience, all of your FB friends will be notified when you stream. I stream on Streetjelly, but the average audience there is much smaller than my FB friend list. If were into self-promotion (I'm not) FB would be my go-to place for manifesting a social media presence.

Regarding the problem of conflict on FB or other platforms: purposefully making confrontational statements is going to paint a bulls eye on your back no matter where you do it. That ain't an internet problem. File that under communication skills.

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