{"id":4182,"date":"2017-02-01T23:54:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T07:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=4182"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:36:39","slug":"social-media-shitstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/social-media-shitstorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Shitstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw this on Cracked =>http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/blog\/how-to-lose-your-entire-career-in-two-minutes-twitter\/<\/a><= and it gave me a “Well, of course” moment.<\/p>\n

Of course you police your language on the Internet, especially if you’re using your fucking WORK profile.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Especially when your activities online have the real-world consequences of a social media shitstorm.<\/p>\n

That whole “Free Speech” thing only really applies when you keep your speech in your own social sphere.<\/p>\n

The shit you say at home, should be your own business.<\/p>\n

But when you go online and make a dick of yourself on someone else’s timeline…<\/p>\n

Dude, you’re like “Hey, look at me!” And guess what, they fucking looked at you!<\/p>\n

Social shaming is a natural part of a smoothly flowing society.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Most especially when your rage!shit involves you mouthing off about a celebrity’s deceased love one. Directly to the celebrity!<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The current political situation has had a very polarizing effect on the public. People are heated.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

Because sometimes, all people want to hear is an honest apology.<\/p>\n

A simple acknowledgment that you’ve done something wrong and you’re not going to make the same mistake in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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…<\/p>\n Read More<\/span> Social Media Shitstorm<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[236,533,692],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-4182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-around-the-internet","tag-cracked","tag-nsfw","tag-swearing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-15s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3289,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/i-hate-that-i-get-caught-up-in-internet-drama\/","url_meta":{"origin":4182,"position":0},"title":"I hate that I get caught up in Internet drama","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"October 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I don't know what it says about my personality that I allow myself to become so upset about things I read on the Internet. 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