I’m breaking up with Facebook and we will NOT be getting back together

Facebook deleted my page today.

My author page.

The one I spent YEARS building up.

The one that was nearing 14,000 followers.

All. Gone.

Every last one of them. And I have no way to tell those people my page is gone. It’s just vanished. When they search it no longer shows up, and I worry they might think I decided to walk away from publishing. I didn’t. I’m still here. I’ll be here, on instagram, twitter, snapchat (@micaleasmeltzer), and my mailing list) There’s also still my friend page on Facebook–I’m trying to figure out how I add the feature for you to follow me there, but you can send me a friend request–I get A LOT and they keep disappearing for some reason so if you really want to be friends with me and I don’t accept right away, send it again please.

I could make a new page, but frankly I don’t want to.

My facebook page, while having nearly 14,000 followers, reaches on average 200 people. If a post does well I might get 1,300 views. Unless I pay to boost a post.

So I’ve decided to “break up” with facebook…though, I guess technically they broke up with me. Though, this is something I’ve been thinking about doing for a couple months now. I was planning to stop using it, but make an announcement on that page that I’d no longer be posting and where to find me. Now, I have no way to do that. I’m not going to cry over it, though. Facebook isn’t worth that to me. If you like me and my books, I know you’ll find me eventually through some sort of social media.

I love you all–and now I’m off, I have a book to write.