Another reason I lay more of the blame on SM as opposed to a specific event like 9/11 or the pandemic or the elections of Obama or Trump or whatever is that I personally believe some of the caustic and inhumane nature of the SM communications is enabled by the distance and possible anonymity of SM.
As I was reading the stream of tweets, I thought to myself, "if you were standing in front of this woman's husband, children and other family members, would you make that comment?"
I would hope not, at least for most of them. However, I'll admit that public, face to face discourse is getting a bit rougher too.
But with social media, you can be a half a globe away and make that comment, and the readers may have no idea who you are without a few weeks of super-sleuthing.
I don't think I've ever posted this before, but my personal policy on this board is to never write and submit something that I'd be embarrassed to have my 80+ year old mother read. I don't think she even knows this site exists, but if she discovered it, it wouldn't take long for her to figure out which poster is her son. I've had family members and friends come up to me and comment that they read something I posted here and it shocked me to know they even were aware of the site, but also reminded me that when using your real name, those who know you are going to figure out pretty quickly it's you.
As I was reading the stream of tweets, I thought to myself, "if you were standing in front of this woman's husband, children and other family members, would you make that comment?"
I would hope not, at least for most of them. However, I'll admit that public, face to face discourse is getting a bit rougher too.
But with social media, you can be a half a globe away and make that comment, and the readers may have no idea who you are without a few weeks of super-sleuthing.
I don't think I've ever posted this before, but my personal policy on this board is to never write and submit something that I'd be embarrassed to have my 80+ year old mother read. I don't think she even knows this site exists, but if she discovered it, it wouldn't take long for her to figure out which poster is her son. I've had family members and friends come up to me and comment that they read something I posted here and it shocked me to know they even were aware of the site, but also reminded me that when using your real name, those who know you are going to figure out pretty quickly it's you.
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