Dearest Human Friends,
I have to purge (delete/unfriend) 85% of my FB friends, who appear to be bots, scammers, and solicitations. My plan is to try to weed them out and replace them with wonderful HUMAN friends LIKE YOU!
If I inadvertently delete your account, your chat, or unfriend you by accident, PLEASE do not take it personally. Please just message or text me and stay in touch. Or ask FB to re-friend me. And please be patient. I have 100,000+ friend requests pending.
Ugh! First world problems! Ha!
Please know that I am deeply humbled by the outpouring of support from the majority of the online community!!!
I love you all so very much!!!
In about a week I’ll be making my FB page private and the friends list private. AND, if you follow me on the this page here --> (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554081793297) and sign up on my website here --> (www.thegiftthebook.com) we can ALWAYS stay in touch!
YES, IT WAS MY FAULT!
As many of you know, I am new to navigating social media. I inadvertently opened the floodgates to Bot-crazy-town!!!
This created a huge distraction and has made it difficult to respond to many of you who have so kindly reached out. Please know that I read all your posts & messages. And I’ll continue to do my best to respond to everyone as quickly as possible.
Apparently, I hit my 5,000 limit of FB friends in 2 days.
(Who knew there was a limit? I was just accepting everyone!)
Only to find out most of them are not even real people.
...Welcome to 2024!
Also, while book sales have been steady (again, I could not be more thankful and appreciative to everyone who has purchased and enjoyed the book!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!) …I have been inundated with friend requests, ads, solicitations, crypto marketing, scammers, bots, and pictures of scantily clad women (sheesh!!!).
THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD:
Since I am now in the process of actively cleaning up my FB account:
1) Please follow me on FB so we can stay in touch (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554081793297)
2) Please go to my webpage (www.thegiftthebook.com) and sign up to be notified of blog posts & upcoming book signings & events in your area. Also, in the event that I ever get cancelled from FB or any platform, my website will be the best way to stay informed and always stay in touch.
3) Please keep sending me pictures of images of my book in the wild. It is surreal and humbling to see folks reading it. THANK YOU!
4) And please go to Amazon and write a review after you read or listen to the book. I know it's a pain-in-the-butt, however, people do act upon good or bad reviews. Honest reviews help drive sales! (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CPCM2NWK).
As soon as I clean up my FB friends issue I will get back to my weekly blog. I truly appreciate your patience! And yes, if I reach a minimum threshold of followers to support a podcast, I promise I'll begin that as well - we already have that option in the works.
OUR NEXT BLOG SUBJECT: Coming soon...
By popular request, we will be exploring the subject of “Programming, de-programming and positive re-programming.” Which as you know is a major theme of the book and one of the reasons that I’m still alive. I'm eager to get that series started. God Bless you!
Unity is our strength!
Stay positive!
Appreciate every moment!
I love you all & thanks again for your love and support!
Warmest Regards, Laurence
