I've used FB for four years. I was slow to take it up. And fast to stop using it. Its an oxymoron to call it social media.
I've always made a point to only "friend" people I have met in the flesh and known for a while. Only one of my friends was a "virtual" friend, but I had four "real" friends in common with him. The others I know from personal "physical" contact. At least I thought I did.
Photos of puppies, cats and babies are cute.
Boasting of holidays, new purchases and personal achievements are okay, too. We all do it. Although now I know which of you are of substance, and those who are not.
What became my tipping point was how people realized that because they can self-publish, they can write whatever they wanted, with little regard for the consequences. Every one has a right to express themselves, but please use your brains, people.
And be sensitive to others. You may be a moral authority who believes they have the right to troll and flame whenever and wherever you wish to. But most people are not as thick-skinned as you are. Please be kind to one another. At the very least, courteous.
Worst of all, you simplify current affairs and problems in the world that have existed for centuries into Internet memes that are but a snapshot of reality, so as to suit your weak and unsupported arguments.
But you got 58 "Likes" so you must be right. Are you Pavlov's dog?
Worse still you "Share" what you have not fact-checked with at least three reliable independent sources.
And be sensitive to others. You may be a moral authority who believes they have the right to troll and flame whenever and wherever you wish to. But most people are not as thick-skinned as you are. Please be kind to one another. At the very least, courteous.
Worst of all, you simplify current affairs and problems in the world that have existed for centuries into Internet memes that are but a snapshot of reality, so as to suit your weak and unsupported arguments.
But you got 58 "Likes" so you must be right. Are you Pavlov's dog?
Worse still you "Share" what you have not fact-checked with at least three reliable independent sources.
Sorry "friends". But the misguided, ignorant, misinformed, uneducated, narrow-minded, racist, bigoted, prejudiced, and xenophobic comments that you increasingly make, have opened my eyes to the real you(s).
As a writer, you have a responsibility, even as an amateur. If you don't know that and the reason why, you do not deserve to share a skill, a love, that some of us use for a living and take very seriously. You have spoiled it for everyone.
As a writer, you have a responsibility, even as an amateur. If you don't know that and the reason why, you do not deserve to share a skill, a love, that some of us use for a living and take very seriously. You have spoiled it for everyone.
Rant over. Goodbye!
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