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I’m seeing a trend among the “professionals” on Twitter. They’ll make a joke, someone (or a few someones) will send them a tweet saying they didn’t like the joke, and then that professional will apologize in their next tweet.
Yes. It’s happening everywhere social is, but in recent weeks, between celebrity walkoffs and stuff like this, it seems to be a phenomenon almost exclusive to Twitter.
So, what gives?
Well, Facebook until recently was a private tree fort. And if you’re smart, you can keep it as a private tree fort by dropping folks you don’t know in person or don’t work with in some capacity. As I mentioned, the number of friends you have on social networks are irrelevant. You can also keep your status updates and other shared items private on Facebook.
Sure. Twitter has that private feature, but barely anyone uses it, and the few that do either have a good reason, or they are new to the service and will soon unload the private lock after their friends complain.
So, everything is open on Twitter, and anyone can follow you from that point on. Sometimes, anyone can contain the stupids among us and the trolls.
I’m spoiled in the sense that, I’m used to hate mail and stupid comments, having to deal with it as far back as 1998. Remember guest books? I do. Man were those great for trolls.
A lot of us aren’t use to this sort of behavior though. We get upset when we see people write nasty things about us online or don’t care for a joke we made.
But like the man says, “Fuck them if they can’t take a joke.”
Think. Think about the stress, and the disagreements, and the other issues that come from people who can’t laugh, whether it be at themselves, you, or others.
So if someone gets bent out of shape on Twitter about a joke you made, or about something you said, or about pictures you post (I’m looking at you Miss McCain, and I love what I see), fuck them.
Life is too short. Please yourself. Laugh with your friends, and work with only the people you want to work with. We’re all going to the same rest home anyway, so we might as well enjoy what we’re doing now.
That’s why Twitter gave us a block button. Feel free to use it on people you don’t know and rather not hear from again.
Trust me. You will be better off for it.
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