🐾 My Morning Link Routine Hits a Snag
For more than ten years, my mornings have followed a familiar rhythm: coffee, sunrise, and a quick click over to The Animal Rescue Site. One tap earns food and supplies for shelter pets, and sharing the link on Facebook helps spread the word. It’s a tiny ritual, but it feels like a good way to start the day — a little kindness before the world gets noisy.
Lately, though, my dependable routine has hit a pothole.
💻 The Mysterious Case of the Spinning Share Button
Since the New Year, Facebook has decided to get… dramatic.
I click “Share.”
Facebook asks, “Who can see this?”
I choose “Public,” like always.
And then — nothing. Just spinning. Spinning. More spinning. Enough spinning to power a small wind farm.
It’s the digital equivalent of someone nodding politely while slowly backing out of the room.
I’ve tried refreshing, reloading, coaxing, pleading, and even giving my computer the side‑eye. No luck. The share button has apparently taken a personal day.
🐕 Why This Matters (At Least to Me)
I wrote a blog post ages ago promising readers that if they ever misplaced the link, they could always find it on my Facebook feed. It felt like a simple, reliable promise — until Facebook decided to reinvent itself on January 1.
Now I feel like I’m letting people down, even though the problem is clearly not on my end. Technology has a funny way of making us feel responsible for things we can’t control.
🌬️ Letting Go (Just a Little)
So here’s the update: I’m still clicking daily. The animals are still getting their points. And I’m still trying to share the link — even if Facebook is currently acting like a moody teenager who refuses to come downstairs.
If you’re looking for the link and don’t see it, that’s why. I’ll keep troubleshooting, and hopefully Facebook will snap out of its New Year funk soon.
In the meantime, consider this a reminder that even the smallest routines can go sideways — and that’s okay. Life, like a dusty road, is full of bumps, detours, and the occasional spinning wheel.
Longest Dirt Road in The World
Now I know why when I do find the site and click on it and it takes for ever to do anything it isn’t any thing I did. Face book is getting on my nerves or should I say AI is getting on my nerves. Facebook on my phone kept asking me to sync my phone with my computer and I refused Well guess what. It did so all on it’s own. Who ever started this AI stuff should be taken out to the wood shed. Sorry I just had to vent today. Hope you have a good day and no rain or snow in your area.
Sandy
This has happened to me before but only for a day or two. Its been going on now since the New Year. Its very annoying. I’ve got some work arounds I’m going to try. I don’t mind the AI programs. I converse with mine almost like a person LOL Instead of talking to myself I talk to the AI and it talks back. I’m a little behind on everything. I caught a nasty cold. It had everything…runny nose, swollen glands, cough, headache.. It really knocked me for a loop. Doing a bit better now although still kind of sluggish. Not quite back to myself yet and the cough is still hanging on I imagine I’ll be caught up by the end of next week.
I was able to click on feeding the animals this morning on your site on Facebook. That was a surprise. Yes I had the cold earlier this week and I thought I got rid of it and then John came home form work the other day sick and the took Friday Off. Today I am back with the cold worse then when I had it the first time. O well it is winter. Get better soon.
Glad it worked. It’s an older post. I haven’t been able to share it since Jan 1. I got the link to share from my phone, surprise surprise. I hadn’t thought to try that because I always share from my email on my computer. We’ll see what happens tomorrow. This cold is a nasty one. Sorry you had a relapse.. I’ll be careful to not overdue it so I don’t back slide. Take care of yourself.