My Facebook Year in Review: Equal parts joy and depression

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Upon first seeing my friend's passing pop up in my Year in Review, I shake my head at Facebook, feeling old pangs return. Then I accept that this, too, was part of my year. I'm not one of those people reaching out and connecting to far-flung friends just to share moments when I'm rocking out or my cats look cute. I'm also here to share the hard times and it's OK that Facebook recognizes that, even if it's just some dumb fluke of an algorithm.

Your Facebook Year in Review is not just a video. It also shows all the people you became friends with, where you checked in on a global map and your number of post reactions. This is interesting. During 2016, I reacted 864 times to people's posts. And every single one of them was a thumbs-up like. I had no tears, no scowls, no wide-mouthed shocked emoji faces.

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