There are quite a few people who follow me on various social media.
I tend not to follow back; although I’m on a few networks, I tend not to follow back the people who follow me.
The reason is simple – I think social media is harming people, so I prefer to use it as little as possible.
But I admit – my logic might make some people suffer.
Sorry about that.
I used to have an email address similar to “Without any peace.”
I received some concerned questions – “What’s with the email address? Is something wrong?”.
I used to be, at that point, without any peace, I was fighting with some thoughts. And I put it plainly in the view.
Later on, I wrote a big article, and even later on, I found my peace.
But the process of healing couldn’t have started without first acknowledging there’s an issue.
So, when people were worried about my questions, it would have been better to be worried about the answer.
I think it’s better to be very honest about yourself, even if that implies some dark thoughts, rather than hide the truth.
Putting it in plain sight helped me understand the issue and, later on, find the solution.
In conclusion, if you notice a dark pattern in you, don’t hide it, but face it.
To me, loving another entity without an interest in this is when you don’t have to think about this.
When you love that entity and think, “But I don’t want something back,” it means you’re considering this.
Example #1: You love X but expect to be loved back. You are faithful to X but expect the same. This is conditioned, love.
Example #2: On the other hand, when you love X but think, “They can do whatever they wish,” you still think you deserve some things.
Optimal? Loving X, but not even thinking about receiving something back.
On a side note, loving X, even with conditions, is much better than not loving at all. Good is good, no matter the context. Do good; it’s the hard thing to do, and it’s the optimal solution. Even if you have benefited from doing good, you should still do this.
In a small village in the woods where some relatives live, we have a relatively good phone connection with only one mobile network provider.
That provider did some rather nasty things in the past with us and even in recent times.
Two options for looking at the situation:
I like the second option better.
Brands tend to fear negative comments.
On the other hand, these are on most people’s minds – “What’s the catch? What should we read between the lines? What aren’t we told? What am I missing here?”.
Sure, if “negative” means swearing and personal attacks, be sure to delete such a comment.
But a 100% negative comment, all critical, with nothing positive in it, might increase the trust people have in your brand and make your post (on whatever platform) more engaging.
My conclusion is, don’t fear negative comments, as long as there are some limits.
My question: “Will the question «Will SEO die?» ever die? Now that’s some meta question!
PS: “meta”, without capital letters. (if you know what I mean)
Probably, Google is the most advanced technology on Earth.
They built their Operating System (OS) for data storage.
They have “seen” a lot of queries and people interacting with their pages so they can build on that experience.
They don’t have a “single” algorithm, but multiple, competing algorithms.
They store quite a bit of the Internet on hard drives and can search through results in less than a second.
They have a business made so that they can get money out of ads.
Also, working with sensitive date is not easy.
Resources:
I once had a talk with a work colleague about who’s the most economically developed country in the world.
I kept insisting it was the US.
He kept saying that there are other countries, more economically developed.
What I meant was national GDP. What he meant was GDP per capita.
Even if the US is the largest economy in the world, for the everyday citizen, it’s more important the GDP per capita since it reflects the state of an individual.
In sports events, there are countries that get a lot of medals (USA, China), since they have large economies and populations.
But when a small country earns a medal, I think it’s more relevant since the medal per capita is an adequate comparison.
There’s a quote that argues, “Nice guys finish last.”
In a nutshell, when applied to the romantic field, there are two types of connections:
And, the quote argues, nice guys can’t get into a “good” relationship due to their being too nice.
First, I would doubt right from the start the concept of nice. You might be weak, you might not be aggressive, but you also might not be nice. This is a question to be posed, but not in this article.
Then, considering, yes, a nice person might not be attractive sexually.
In this case, I would separate the women into those who care about this thing and those who aren’t that interested in this aspect.
As a personal preference, I would look for women who like nice guys more than others. From other people’s stories, I hear they might be in lower numbers. I don’t care that much about that.
“I wouldn’t want to belong to a club that would have me as a member” ― Groucho Marx
(in my case, this is the opposite situation)
For FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar venues, there are 8 stadiums in total, and for each stadium, there will be 7-10 matches in total.
“Eight stadiums will host matches at the tournament, seven being newly built and one being refurbished.” (via: The Most Expensive World Cup Ever »)
Surely, there can be other events, but to consider building a stadium for 10 matches so that the whole planet can watch some football games looks like a poor allocation of resources.
A solution? Make the World Cup last longer and reuse some stadiums.
Another solution? Run some matches at other times than when the whole world is watching.
The big problems are with the group stage matches, and solutions can be found.
But, of course, you could also build 7 stadiums, so no one gets upset (this was sarcasm).