Of course, it is a part of our everyday life on the cyberspace to post. Post what? Anything! Some inspiring quotes, how your day went by, blogs, pictures, videos, your playlist- everything you like!
But just like what they say, consider this: Think before you click.
I am a part of this internet life since 2007 and I am unlike most of the internet users who complains all the time when something new happens (like the new look of Friendster years ago, how come the old Facebook was replaced with a new one that requires you to upload cover photos, etc...)
I love the changes that internet has. It means that people are starting to improve in terms of computer technology. More of our needs are being met by these changes. The hashtags just came to existence lately, around 2014 as far as I remember, and these hashtags help us locate posts about a certain topic much easier than bothering to go to Google to type for a keyword which will offer you millions of websites that has posts about the topic you are searching for. Hashtags on the other hand helps you find topics on a certain website. For example, if you want to find a post on Facebook about dogs, type: #Dogs on the search bar and there it goes.
Seems like I am drifting a little too far from what I really want to discuss about.
You are what you post.
But not exactly.
What you post actually influences what impression people can have about you.
Do you keep posting Biblical verses? Inspirational quotes and blogs? Then, your friends may see you as a religious person. Even if you do not talk about these topics too much personally, they'll have that impression when they notice that you post about religious stuff all the time on your social media account.
What people don't really understand is that they are what they post. Even if they try to be anonymous about it, it will always speak about themselves, their character.
There are posts more annoying than those coming from people who are bragging. These posts are those coming from people who embarrass, degrade, discriminate or bully someone else.
Actually, I don't know what is the need to post these. If you are angry with someone else, you can deal with it personally, talk about it, solve it and make a compromise. People who lash out their insults to another in social media are nothing but cowards. They cannot face their enemy so they stab them on their backs.
Being always online, I see people posting sex videos. Even if I do not watch them, the video's thumbnails and descriptions give the detail or give a clue on what the video's content is.
If it were a clip from a movie, I might have just let it pass. But mostly on Facebook are not from movie clips, but from real people. Where is your respect with someone else's body? Where is your respect with that person? Where is your concern with people? Why not just approach them? Tell them what can be the consequences of their mistakes than traumatize them by posting it on social media? And for lovers, oh, for Pete's sake! Where is your respect to your other half? And self-respect as well? Do you even think that that video will impress everybody like, "Wow! He's having *** with such a bombshell" etc, etc.
It is just annoying. I have to say it. Oh yes, I am what I post. I display my concerns about things that I observe. But I try to in the most subtle way that I can.
Let's have a little re-cap. I already discussed two annoying things that I encountered online: sex videos and hate posts.
Now let me tell you about an additional to the list.
Bashers.
Of course, it's okay to voice out what you hate. (In fact, I am doing it right now.) But brothers and sisters, there is no need to exaggerate or emphasize your hate for that person/thing/movie/book, etc. Just state out your opinion about it if you want. Say why you don't like it, example: I don't think this movie's really that hot.
But do not go to the point like: This movie's such a trash! Do not watch it! Even the actors look like toads.
I know, that's a much more subtle statement that I gave as an example of bashing, but please, that attitude won't do any good but trouble with those who are against your point of view. No one respects a basher, remember that. Do not honor yourself by proudly saying you know how to fight for what you think is right because you are wrong! In this world, not everyone will love what you love. Not everyone will think that your favorite movie is the best in the world. Not everyone will think that classical music is boring. Not everyone see things like you do and you have to respect that.
Anyone who you think is acting wrong or bashing should be approached with respect too. You don't have to go down to their level to prove them wrong. Treat them kind to show them that's how they should treat other people too. Do not motivate them to act like a basher by acting like them. Imitation, as they say, is a form of flattery.
Other than that, feel free to post to your heart's content. Just make sure you can accept the consequences to it. And brace yourself for people who do not know how to be human and kind, and turn into machines when they are behind their social media accounts. Not everyone will like you after all because.... "You cannot make everybody happy, you're not a Nutella jar."
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