You know, Who You Are…or Who “They” Are.
Those people on Facebook, Twitter and the like that use these platforms FOR THEIR USE ONLY. Then see what everyone else is doing, maybe to use it as a tool to ambush someone or tell YOU about something THEY learned about a person on Facebook and make snide remarks about it. I am at the point of doing a few things:
- Ditching them as “Friends”
- Unfollowing them on Twitter
- Should I block them all together?
I have posted more than once the idea of the Social Media Stalker mentality, how we ALL know the selfish people in our lives behave the same way on Social Media as they do in real life. It is not pretty sometimes.
THEY Want Something:
The best thing about Social Media is that it is much easier to see the pattern than it may be in real life. There are time stamps and in most cases a “feed” so you can see the activity. (IRL=In Real Life) You hang out with your friends, they hang out with others and it always comes out – most often not in the same group that brought up the topic in the first place. You do not see it in real life as easily or quickly.
In Social Media vs. face to face it is: “Did you see what Miss Whozit said on Facebook? It seemed ridiculous, I cannot believe it, what a loser.”
YUCK YUCK YUCK…
Knowledge is POWER
When you live in a small town, like I do, rumors run around town fast and with Social Media it is even more LIGHT speed. People that never had knowledge before, now have it, use it and ‘make hay’ with it. People that are your “FRIENDS” on Facebook may not be your “FRIENDS” as we know true friends to be. To me a true friend is someone that would come to your Mom’s funeral, shovel you out in a pinch, pick up your kids at daycare when you are not feeling well, call you to just say, “I Miss You.” You see where I am going here, right?
This behavior comes down to a simple thing my mom always said (and still says today):
“If you aren’t going to say anything nice about someone, don’t say anything at all.”
MY 2013 version:
“If you are not going to get into the conversation, offer support by posting something on their wall or call the person because they are crying out for help in a different way then – SHAME ON YOU!“
Are we just “bullies” in an older form? Sermon over.
*Disclaimer: This post isn’t because this recently happened to “Yours Truly”, but I heard it about it. It makes me go “Bo Bo, so beware.”