
13/02/2025
WLCA INTO THE FUTURE
Good morning, WLCA nation! It is really strange times for us, as a country, and along with the daily barrage of news comes critical thinking. At least for me it does.
The question I'm asking myself is, "Why am I using Facebook?" I do not use it as a personal means to connect with people I know around the globe. I hate the platform itself - it's wrought with operating and performance issues and when they decide to throw in an "upgrade," there is no warning and you have no choice but to opt in. Many are the days I've spent figuring out work-arounds for functions that have broken, been removed or just don't work. I'm helping one of the richest people on the planet make more money (why am I doing that?) with no benefit (he's not paying my vet bills).
So, that, coupled with the ridiculous amount of crap sent via every communication avenue imaginable, the harvesting of every typed word for profit, the inability to manage what comes to you in your feed, AI features no one wants, and the lackluster dissemination of information going out (unless you pay for it), I have decided WLCA will stop using Facebook as a primary means of communication by the end of 2025.
In its place, WLCA will have a website, complete with adoptable cats, blog and articles of interest, written by myself, or others. This page will continue to run to provide automated information to people who follow, and to provide links to the new website.
The distribution of information about WLCA cats that are available for adoption will be accessible to everyone with an electronic device, rather than who Meta decides gets WLCA posts in their feed. Even if you follow a page, not everyone gets the same posts, or the same number of posts from that organization, nor does one get them in a timely fashion. Having a website means it won't matter if a photo is attached to a news story, or not. If you are dedicated to WLCA, you will have access to everything, anytime. Gone will be the days of Facebook playing hide-and-seek with comments. I will be able to provide links to Canadian news content and not be denied the creation of a post. I will not have to jump through hoops for a company that doesn't pay me for content. And no, I never wanted to take advantage of monetization because why would I want Meta to have my banking information?
Facebook, the once "free" platform hasn't been free for a long time. They control what you see - and it isn't always what I want you to see.
I will not be entertaining any other social media platforms until one comes out that is Canadian owned, and operated, and truly free - both in the monetary sense and in access to the content created.
And I'm going to bet when I stop interacting on this page, people will wonder what happened - because Facebook didn't see fit to send it to all 19,000 people who follow.
In the meantime, like our stunning Ava pictured here (all healed and looking her best), let's keep working to get the rest of the WLCA cats, available for adoption, their permanent homes.