Social Media Shitstorm
I saw this on Cracked =>http://www.cracked.com/blog/how-to-lose-your-entire-career-in-two-minutes-twitter/<= and it gave me a “Well, of course” moment.
Of course you police your language on the Internet, especially if you’re using your fucking WORK profile.
Or if you’re the public FACE of your company. — You don’t want the face of your company to be spouting out hateful things on the Internet. That’s bad for business.
Especially when your activities online have the real-world consequences of a social media shitstorm.
That whole “Free Speech” thing only really applies when you keep your speech in your own social sphere.
The shit you say at home, should be your own business.
But when you go online and make a dick of yourself on someone else’s timeline…
Dude, you’re like “Hey, look at me!” And guess what, they fucking looked at you!
Social shaming is a natural part of a smoothly flowing society.
When you broadcast your rage!shit to the ENTIRE world – don’t be surprised that people can see it, and that they might have an opinion.
Most especially when your rage!shit involves you mouthing off about a celebrity’s deceased love one. Directly to the celebrity!
That’s a very low place to go. And if that person has a lot of followers, you’re going to get a lot of blowback.
The current political situation has had a very polarizing effect on the public. People are heated.
It’s better to be diplomatic, and if you’ve got something controversial to say – wait an appropriate amount of time, reread what you wrote, and make sure you’re not about to say something unforgivable.
Though honestly, if you fuck up online and it’s not super bad, you can just say “Whoa. That was too far. I’m taking that one back. I’m sorry.”
Because sometimes, all people want to hear is an honest apology.
A simple acknowledgment that you’ve done something wrong and you’re not going to make the same mistake in the future.
