Hey Tim!
One of my favorite scriptures is about balance! It says, "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight." ( Proverb 11:1) Very few argue the wisdom found in the book of Proverbs written by Solomon, but for me the significance is his source. Balance is key in every area of life. Debbi shares a beautiful example of the truth of balance with the sharing of her sons and their experiences. I agree with her. But more importantly I agree with the truth of The One who created and designed it all. All was designed through the Heart of His Love. So you cannot remove all heart from anything and have it survive and thrive, and though He created us with heart He also gave us a brain, lol, that He intended us to use. Balance!
I have been blessed with a couple of dear friendships here at WA! One especially dear. But conversations of that nature are carried on through private messaging!
I have spent a bit of time supporting those who have followed me, but I too have learned that there are those whose blogs lack a healthy balance. Let's hope that they will learn!
Stuck with me still following you, lol, Christa :)

I totally understand how you feel. I have an equation.
If name=xxx then DELETE. (No exceptions)

Tim, I am very new to WA -- just a day. Your title "You want WA or Facebook?" attracted me to this article. I am 100% with you in your assertions that we pay to be members of the WA social network for a reason. This forum is about sharing our business ideas, strategies, tips and techniques, and successes. We will benefit us and others with an attitude to collaborate and help. That calls for making a conscious effort to leave out the personal stuff that doesn't add value to others.

Every time you try to control something, it will always control you

I have blogged about my personal stuff and it has saved my life because WA has become a life line of friends where I can share my feelings and vulnerability which has helped me through my depression

My only comments is this ;

Let go and live and let live, this is the internet its free for all to say what ever they want, if you do not like something then simply don't read it

I pay for this too, but you will never be able to control others no mater how much you would like to
Human beings are emotional creatures not logic creatures

So how do you calculate your wonderful equation of 90/10 I wonder

I have found in my own experience that every time we try and create rules for others, the first one to break those rules are usually the ones who try and create them.

The teacher always teaches best, what he/she needs to learn the most

Barry

Tim, first let me say I truly see where you're coming from. I agree with you to an extent and let me tell you why. I have 2 boys. One being the eldest and one being what I call the baby. I also have a girl in between. In any case, my eldest son became an engineer. Well MOST engineers are not very social creatures. He's good at what he does and has done well for himself but struggles when it comes time to working with others and therefore his best ideas don't always get noticed. Yet my youngest son never met a stranger and could sell snow to an Eskimo however, he so social, he doesn't make it financially. This used to frustrate my oldest until we had a long talk and determined that in order to make it in this world, you must show your personal side sometimes, you can't be all business, you must take an interest in others. He now asks the admin folks how their weekend was, for example, instead of plowing in with "can you please do.....". It's worked wonders. Yes, it takes time but that little bit of time has paid off with time savings (and stress) in the long run. To be honest, I had to learn that lesson myself and it was hard at first.

Now, if you're still with me, I do agree that you have people that only care about rank and will blog their every move. I use that delete button a lot and just keep scrolling on FB. I don't have the time nor the energy to put into all that. My point is, there has to be a balance and you choose what your tipping point is. Just my 2 cents worth.

~Debbi

No Tim, I will not unfollow you, I see your point.
This is quiet an expensive facebook platform but sometime you have to mix pleasure with business.
The way I feel is, If it is not interesting to me, then I don't have to read it.
Just my 2 brownies worth
Bruce

Well, I am thinking that, by 2 months before a pet event you are talking about my Howl-O-Ween Post. I only have 2 comments here. First, because I follow you doesn't mean we are friends TO START with (you say you won't have many friends left after this post) I am following you for business.

Second: This forum/blog post is also for the Blogs we are developing as a result of WA learning, and developing and making money from my pet blog is a huge part of being in WA. So yes, people WILL promote the blogs they are building for income. Not all of us will be promoting the WA opportunity as an income producer.

Great post, Tim. We want quality content in our niche sites, and here at WA. I agree that we should be posting some personal stuff, as that helps to get to know one another and allows us to understand where others are coming from. However, if the majority of shared content is useful, it helps everyone.