I doubt the tastes of the people on Facebook..

Does one really have to join Facebook to have poor taste?

No but I got problem with likes of posts that should not be likable at all in fact I wrote a discussion about it. http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2725550.aspx. Anyway, my point of view... your is still new to their hearing so.. they just don't know how to react about it, the girl's verse since it was already been written, they are familiar to it already. Remember some poets' poetry? they were not appreciated until they die... now their poetry are used in school for further analysis and putting meaning into it.

Well, most of the time, not always the case though, it's not about what was posted but the person who posted it. I have some popular friends in facebook who receive enormous likes I could never get. I don't get it sometimes because as you said there are times that we think to ourselves that what we post or share in facebook makes more sense than those that get a hundred or more likes. But don't you worry. As long as you have shared it, and people read/saw it probably, that's what I think matters. Don't stop sharing just because you get fewer likes. They may have liked but just didn't have the courage or the time to like it. Also, it doesn't make your work less beautiful. Just keep on posting. Someday people will recognize it and it will become natural for them to like whatever you post in facebook.

Yeah, I don't put too much stake in Facebook. It seems to be a place for people who have no real intentions other than to stand on a soapbox or be in other people's business. That's why you won't catch me on there.

Oh, Facebook is not for critics. Facebook, as a pastime activity, is for the average person. And they would like everything, even a blurry pic of a half-eaten donut, if it was posted by a popular person or a cute girl (more exactly, I know really awkward guys who kind of show their attraction to the girls on fb, by liking pics and commenting stuff, rather than trying to get to know girls offline). The average person... let alone the avid Facebook-user, who hangs out there 24/7, are low-lives, not the really intellectual type. They would fall for anything simple, popular, trashy... If you want real, heartfelt criticism, you should try to look for sites specificially designed for artists and writers...

Hey don't worry about that. I know my friends has lots of "like" tricks. When they post something, it gets hundred of likes in minutes!!! LOL These are web scripts that even the "owners of the FB accounts" did not even know their account were able to like a status/post. Whatever you are doing, keep it up. Someday it will be appreciated by real people ^^

Definitely! I have experienced the same thing. And I guess the reason for this s some of our friends really do not care to read our whole post or just don't understand the depth of what we are trying to say.